He that hath ears] See on chap. 13. 9. But whereunto] Luke 7:31. this generation] The men of this age, chap. 24. 34. It is like unto children, &c.] An allusion to childrens sports; who finde fault with the surlinesse of some of their companions, who would not keep company with them in their sports, though they did trie all ways they could to give them contentment: one while they sung chearfull songs, or imitated nuptial-feasts, to make them merry; another while, seeing the former way prevailed not, they sung heavie notes, or imitated funeral-solemnities, to please them; yet that course offended them also. See the application, v. 18, 19.