As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.
Mizpah - lying on the way between Babylon and Judah, and so, convenient for transacting business between the two countries.
As for me ... but ye. He artfully, in order to conciliate them, represents the burden of the service to the Chaldeans as falling on him, while they may freely gather their wine, fruits, and oil. He does not now add that these very fruits were to constitute the chief part of the tribute to be paid to Babylon; which, though fruitful in corn, was less productive of grapes, figs, and olives (Herodotus, 1: 193). The grant of "vineyards" to the "poor" (Jeremiah 39:10) would give hope to the discontented of enjoying the best fruits (Jeremiah 40:12).