Therefore he brought down their heart - Their pride; their self-sufficiency; their self-complacency. They thought that they could do witho…

The prisoners.

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; because they rebelled against the words of God, and con…

Therefore he brought down their heart with labour
Humbled them under his mighty hand; brought down their haughty spi…

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