Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where [had] they [been]?
Ver. 21. Then shalt thou say in thine heart.] Est artificiosa fictio, et color rhetoricus.
A captive, and removing to and fro.] The condition of God's Church on earth - to be afflicted and tossed from post to pillar, having no settled abode; as neither had the ark, but was transportative, till settled at length in Solomon's temple.