All the remnant of the house of Israel; fitly so called, with respect either,
1. To all the tribes of Israel, ten of which were now lost and gone; or,
2. To the state of the Jews at their return from Babylon, there being only a remnant of the two tribes which did return. Which are carried from the womb; whom I have nourished and cared for from time to time, ever since you were a people, and carne out of Egypt, and that as affectionately and tenderly as parents bring up their own children.