Judah] The people, or nation, of the Jews. is gone into captivitie] Have left their land, either by voluntary flight, or by violent constraint, Jeremiah 4:29. because of affliction, and because of great servitude] Heb. and for the greatnesse of servitude. Either, having brought this upon themselves, by their oppression and crueltie to their brethren, that were in service with them: Jeremiah 34:11. Or, to quit themselves from those grievous afflictions, that the enemie invading them caused, and the servitude, that from them they feared, Jeremiah 6:1. she dwelleth among the heathen] Or, abideth. Jeremiah 40:6. she findeth no rest] Genesis 8:9. Or, hath no rest. as vers. 6. Chap. 2. 9. & 5. 6. her persecutors overtook her between the straits] They so seise on her, that she hath no way to escape, Jeremiah 52:8. An allusion to the practice of hunters that surprise wild beasts, or robbers by the high-way, that seize on passengers, when they have got them into some straight, or narrow place, where is no means any way to decline or avoid them, Exodus 14:2-3; Exodus 14:9. Numbers 22:26.