The captive exile. — Literally, he that is bowed down, i.e., bound in fetters. The “pit,” as in the case of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 38:6), is the underground dungeon, in which the prisoner was too often left to starve.
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Isaiah 51:14
14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.