In mine ears] Or, This is in mine ears; or, hearing (as Chap. 22. 14.) saith the Lord. Of a truth] Heb. If not, &c. A defective, but emphaticall form of swearing, If this, or that, be not. meaning, let me not live, or the like. So Psalms 95:11. Chap. 14. 24. and 22. 14. many houses] Their houses shall stand empty, the inhabitants being expelled, or destroyed, Amos 5:13. and Amos 6:9. - 11. and their lands lye wast and barren. Chap. 7. 23. Haggai 1:6.