Verse 5
Therefore have I hewed them, &c. = This is why I hewed them. Hebrew idiom, by which the declaration that a thing should be done is spoken of the personal act of doing it. See note on Jeremiah 1:18 ; and compare Jeremiah 1:10 ; Jeremiah 5:14 .
by the prophets: i.e. declared by the prophets.
thy judgments are. A regrouping of the letters of the Hebrew word agrees with the Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, and reads "My judgment is". Hosea 6:5 speaks of Jehovah's acts (see Structure, above). Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 33:2 ). App-92 .
the light = light.
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