this people A contemptuous designation of Israel, peculiar to Isaiah: cf. ch. Isaiah 8:6; Isaiah 8:12; Isaiah 9:16; Isaiah 28:11; Isaiah 28:14; Isaiah 29:13 f.

Hear ye indeed Rather:

Hear ye continually, but perceive not

And see ye continually, but understand not.

The verbs, of course, are imperatives. On the force of the inf. abs. see Davidson, Synt.§ 86 c(where, however, a different view of this particular passage is taken).

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