hearkened not] The extremitie of their miserie made them first hopelesse, and then mindlesse of remedie, or redemption from it; and altogether incredulous, (for a time) as thinking the tidings too good, to be true. anguish of spirit] Heb. straitnesse, or shortnesse of spirit, which made them, both indisposed to beleeve, and to apply themselves, to the meanes of their deliverance: immoderate passions are a great prejudice, not onely to Gods truth, but to mans welfare.