Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 36:10

10. He openeth also their ear to discipline , and commandeth that they return from iniquity .

i. e. He enableth and enclineth them to hearken to what God speaks by the rod, who would not hear in the time of their Prosperity, like them; Jer. 22. 21.

Or, to instruction, i. e. to receive instruction: or to chastening, i. e. to hear the rod, and who hath appointed it, as is said, Mich. 6. 9.

Either by his Word o[illegible: 1+ letters] Spirit accompanying the affliction and discovering the mind and will of God in this dispensation.

Which is the chief cause of their Calamity.

Marginal references: Chap. 33. 16.