He evil entreateth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
Ver. 21. He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not] Who had more need to be comforted than further afflicted. But homo homini daemon. Jacob and Elkanah loved and comforted their wives under this cross. The Vulgate rendereth it, He hath fed the barren, whereupon some expound it of wicked men's feeding whores, and maintaining them for their pleasure; keeping them barren, that they may keep their beauty.
And doeth not good to the widow] i.e. Doth her much hurt; for not to do good is to do evil, Mark 3:4. He hath afflicted his barren wife, and evilly intreated the poor desolate widow, his mother. What marvel than if the womb forget him, &c., if his wife bewail not so unkind a husband, nor his mother so unnatural a son, as Mark 3:30 : thus Beza here.