18. Rather, "I have seen his ways (in sin), yet will I heal him,"
that is, restore Israel spiritually and temporally
(Jer 33:6; 3:22;
Ho 14:4, 5)
[HORSLEY].
I will . . . restore comforts unto him and to his mourners--However,
the phrase, "his mourners," favors English Version; "his ways" will
thus be his ways of repentance; and God's pardon on "seeing" them
answers to the like promise
(Isa 61:2, 3;
Jer 31:18, 20).
JFB.
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