And they have cast lots - They treated God’s people as of no account, and delighted in showing their contempt toward them. They chose no one…

Cast lots ...—The nations who oppressed and carried away the Jews treated them as chattels, cast lots for their possession as slav…

The Prophet confirms in these words what he had taught before concerning the restoration of the Church, for it was difficult to believe. When the b…

And they have cast lots for my people
Not only parted their land, but cast lots for their persons, Or played at dice…

The restoration of the Jews, and the final victory of true religion over all opposers, appear to be foretold here. The contempt and scorn with whic…