if they had stood in my counsel] Had been admitted into so neer attendance with me, as to be made acquainted with my will and purpose, Vers. 18. 1 Kings 22:19. and had caused my people to heare my words] Or, they would then have caused them, &c. They would have acquainted them with my word and will; and not taught them their own devices, nor told them their own dreams. Vers. 16. 25. then they should have turned them from their evill way] Or, and have turned them, &c. They would have endevoured so to do; as my true and faithful prophets from time to time have done, Chap. 25. 3,-5.