hearken, and hear] To reform himself, and for time to come grow wiser and better by the present afflictions; considering from whom, and for what they come. Jeremiah 9:12. Mic. 6. 9. Or, to grow wiser and more wary, by looking backward on judgements formerly inflicted. Vers. 24. Joshua 22:17. Nehem. 13. 18. Zech. 1. 5, 6. for the time to come] Heb. for the after-time: or, for backward. Chap. 1. 4.