Were oppressed—are oppressed together: and all their captors have laid firm hold upon them: they have refused to let them go. The r…

Were oppressed. —Better, are oppressed, and so on through the verse. The English tense is misleading. The prophet, having…

Our Prophet returns to his former subject—that God, in destroying the Babylonian monarchy, would show regard for His chosen people. But the compari…

Thus says the Lord of hosts. This is a preface to another prophecy, detached from the former, respecting the redemption o…

It is Israel's comfort in distress that, though they are weak, their Redeemer is strong. This may be applied to believers, who complain of the domi…