Pro 1:24, Isa 65:12 | JFB | STEP | 24. stretched . . . hand —Earnestness, especially in beseeching, is denoted by the figure (compare ).

Proverbs 1:24

24. stretched . . . hand—Earnestness, especially in beseeching, is denoted by the figure (compare Job 11:13; Ps 68:31; 88:9).

Isaiah 65:12

12. number—"doom" you. Alluding to the "number," as Meni (Isa 65:11) means. Retribution in kind, the punishment answering to the sin (compare 2Ch 36:14-17).

I called, ye . . . not answer—"I called," though "none had called" upon Me (Isa 64:7); yet even then none "answered" (Pr 1:24). Contrast with this God and His people's mutual fellowship in prayer (Isa 65:24).