Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase [thy wealth] by their price.
Ver. 12. Thou sellest thy people for nought] Thirty for a penny the Jews were sold by the Romans, saith Josephus, at the last devastation.
And dost not increase thy wealth by their price] Thou takest thy first chapman (as the pope gave England, in Henry VIIl's time, Primo occupaluro, to him that could first seize it), and hast not made thy best of them; but given them away, for whom thou wast wont to give great nations, Isaiah 43:3. All the comfort in this case was, that yet they were dear to God as his sons, though sold for slaves to the enemies, as may be seen, Isaiah 50:1; Isaiah 52:3 .