in the eares of the people] Or, in the hearing. Chap. 29. 29. and so afterward again in this verse; and vers. 14. 15. upon the fasting-day] Not the ordinary yeerly fast, by the Law enjoyned, Leviticus 23:27. for this was two moneths after that; vers. 9. but an extraordinary one, appointed upon some speciall occasion; whether the great drought and famine, mentioned, Chap. 14. 1, 2. or the fear of some invasion, uncertain. See vers. 9.