The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
The captive exile, х tso`eh (H6808)]. Cocceins explains, One forced by the impetuous enemy to go with mighty steps into exile. Vulgate, 'gradiens.' Or else, literally, one bowed down as a captive (Isaiah 10:4) (Maurer). Thus it is akin to yaatsa` (H3331), to prostrate. But the Rabbis explain it, The wandering exile: so the Hebrew means (Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 48:12). I therefore prefer this, which is much the same as the English version. The scene is primarily Babylon, and the time near the close of the captivity. Secondarily, and anti-typically, the mystical Babylon, Israel's and the church's last enemy, in which they have long suffered, but from which they are to be gloriously delivered.
Hasteneth ... that he should not die in the pit - such as were many of the ancient dungeons (cf. Jeremiah 38:6; Jeremiah 38:11; Jeremiah 38:13; Genesis 37:20; Zechariah 9:11).
Nor that his bread should fail - Isaiah 33:16; Jeremiah 37:21.)