Because they rebelled against the words of God - The commands of God. They did not keep his commandments. Their captivity was produced by …

The prisoners.

And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for…

Because they rebelled — in assigning the cause of their afflictions, he corrects the false impressions of those people who imagine that th…

Because they rebelled against the words of God
All afflictions, as captivity and imprisonment, are generally for sin…

This description of prisoners and captives suggests that they are desolate and sorrowful. In eastern prisons, captives were and are treated with mu…