Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah [were] oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
Ver. 33. The children of Judah and the children of Israel were oppressed together.] Or, Were oppressed alike - scil., in their several deportations; and God, mindful of his covenant, showeth himself sensible of it, though for the present he seemed not to care what became of either of them; -
“ Ille dolet quoties cogitur esse ferox. ”