26. Hearkened. See on 24.
Hardened their neck. A figure expressing obstinacy (see on 2 Kings 17:14).
Worse than. The people of Jeremiah’s day sinned against greater light. They did not profit from the experiences of their forefathers. Furthermore the prophet’s countrymen had set up objects of idolatry within the very precincts of the Temple (see Jer. 7:30; 2 Kings 21:7).