I was wroth with my people] Zechariah 1:15. I have polluted mine inheritance] Dealt with my people (as dear unto me, as to an heir his inheritance is wont to be, Chap. 19. 25. 1 Kings 21:3.) as with some profane or unclean thing, Chap. 43. 28. given them into thine hand] Or, power. Chap. 19. 4. vers. 14. thou didst shew them no mercy] In stead of pitying their misery, thou didst much aggravate it by thine extream crueltie and hard usage, 2 Chronicles 36:17. Psalms 69:26. upon the ancient] Who for age should have been pitied; but with them found no mercy. Deuteronomy 28:50. hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke] Lamentations 1:14.