THen said the LORD unto me] This Chapter seemeth to depend upon the former: beginning with Gods answer to the Prophets petition preferred to him in the behalf of his people; Chap. 14. 21. containing a close, but flat, deniall of it. Though Moses and Samuel, &c.] Should men as gracious as these ever were with me; or they themselves, whom I somtime heard, Exodus 32:11; Exodus 32:14. 1 Samuel 7:9. Psalms 99:6. now surviving; solicite me for this people: yet they should not prevail. Ezak. 14. 14. and therefore do not thou move me any more in their behalf, for it will be but in vain. Chap. 14. 11. stood before me] As in prayer men are wont to do. Genesis 18:22. & Genesis 17:27. Psalms 106:23. Chap. 18. 20. my mind, &c.] Heb. my soul. as Chap. 6. 8. I could have no affection to them. cast them out of my sight] Declare to them from me, that I have cast them off: an expression borrowed from those that cast a thing aside into some obscure hole or corner, where it may lye out of the way, which they lift not to see, or cannot endure the sight of. Psalms 31:22. 1 Kings 9:7. let them go forth] Or be gone.