The guilt is the greater, because Israel had been warned, but had not listened to the warning.

neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets A reminiscence of Jeremiah 26:5; cf. Jeremiah 7:25; Jeremiah 25:4; Jeremiah 29:19; Jeremiah 35:15; Jeremiah 44:4 (all containing the expression -my servants the prophets," followed by -and ye (orthey) hearkened not").

to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land The same combination in Jeremiah 44:21; cf. -our fathers, our kings, and our princes," Jeremiah 44:17: comp. Nehemiah 9:32; Nehemiah 9:34.

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