hath opened mine ear The phrase used of the imparting of a prophetic communication in 1 Samuel 9:15 (cf. Psalms 40:6, different verbs).

and I was not rebellious &c. a circumstantial clause ("I being not rebellious" &c.). Comp. Jonah 1:3 and Jeremiah 20:9. The character and history of Jeremiah seem to have contributed many traits to the portrait of the "Servant of Jehovah."

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