Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

hardened . . . neck-- (Deu 31:27; Isa 48:4; Act 7:51). worse than their fathers-- (Jer 16:12). In Jer 7:22 He had said, "your fathers"; here He says, "their fathers"; the change to the third person marks growing alienation from them. He no longer addresses themselves, as it would be a waste of words in the case of such hardened rebels.