The ass, either the asses, the singular number being used collectively. Or he saith the ass, to aggravate their sin, that they robbed him who had but one ass. Compare 1 Samuel 12:2-4. The fatherless; whose helpless condition required their pity and mercy. The widow's ox; thereby depriving her not only of the ox itself, but of all the benefit of its labours, by which she sustained her life. For a pledge; contrary to God's law, first written in men's hearts, and afterwards in Holy Scripture, Exodus 22:26,27 Deuteronomy 24:6,10, &c.
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Job 24:3
3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.