“Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!”
A final appeal is made: "O that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!" The yearning tone suggests that despite Israel's refusal, God desires the people's obedience. The plea employs the conditional "if only"—God wishes the situation were different.
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