Wherefore... ? Figure of speech Erotesis.
afflicted our soul. Reference to Pentateuch. This is. strictly Levitical technical expression (Leviticus 16:29; Leviticus 16:31; Leviticus 23:27; Leviticus 23:32.Numbers 29:7; Numbers 29:7). This shows that the People were not in exile as alleged, but in the Land. See also the references to other observances below (Isaiah 58:13). Note that in Isaiah 58 and Isaiah 59 we have the reference to the Day of Atonement; in Isaiah 60 and Isaiah 61, to the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. Isaiah 60 refers to the feast of Tabernacles with its "ingathering" (verses: Isaiah 58:3-5; Isaiah 58:13), which followed the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 23:27; Leviticus 23:34).
soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "souls" (plural)
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos.