Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied - The correspondence of the punishment with the sin will show that it is not by chance, but fr…

Thy casting down. —The Hebrew word is found only in this passage. It comes from an unused root, meaning to be void, empty…

And your casting down shall be in the midst of you;

"You shall feel an inward sinking; even when you have eaten, you shall be faint…

God, after having declared that He would be the Judge of the people, now speaks more clearly of their punishment. Therefore, He says that He was ar…

You shall eat, but not be satisfied

Either not having enough to eat, for the refreshing and satisfying of nature; …

God, having shown how necessary it was that they should do justly, here shows how plain it was that they had done unjustly. This voice of the Lord …