Verse 8
Even slaves among the oppressors were dominating God’s people, and there was no one to deliver them. Only the poorest of the Judahites remained in the land following the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C., but even the lowest classes of Chaldeans were dominating them.
"Israel, once a ’kingdom of priests’ (Exodus 19:6), is become like Canaan, ’a servant of servants,’ according to the curse (Genesis 9:25). The Chaldeans were designed to be ’servants’ of Shem, being descended from Ham (Genesis 9:26). Now through the Jews’ sin, their positions are reversed." [Note: Jamieson, et al., p. 667.]
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