And render to our neighbors - That is, the neighbors who had reproached them; the surrounding people who had seen these calamities come upon…

Neighbours. —The sharpest pang of the suffering came from the taunts of “neighbours.” (See Psalms 79:4.)

Sevenfold.…

And render to our neighbors sevenfold. We have already said enough on the subject of vengeance; and here the faithful show still more clea…

And render to our neighbours seven fold into their bosom ,
ec.] Not seven fold for one, as the Targum paraphrases it…

Those who persist in ignorance of God and neglect of prayer are the ungodly. However unrighteous men were, the Lord was righteous in permitting the…