[662] Heb. by the hand of.
[663] See above, pp. [199] f. and [221].
[664] See below, pp. [258], [279], [292] ff.
[665] Heb. saying.
[666] For לאֹ עֶת־בֹּא = not the time of coming read with Hitzig and Wellhausen לאֹ עַתָּ בָא, not now is come; for עַתָּ cf. Ezek. xxiii. 4, Psalm lxxiv. 6.
[667] The emphasis may be due only to the awkward grammatical construction.
[668] ספונים, from ספן, to cover with planks of cedar, 2 Kings vi. 9: cf. iii. 7.
[669] Heb. set your hearts (see Vol. I., pp. [258], [275], [321], [323]) upon your ways; but your ways cannot mean here, as elsewhere, your conduct, but obviously from what follows the ways you have been led, the way things have gone with you—the barren seasons and little income.
[670] The Hebrew and Versions here insert set your hearts upon your ways, obviously a mere clerical repetition from ver. 5.
[671] For והנה למעט read with the LXX. והיה למעט or ויהי.