Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
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Gill's Exposition
Thou sellest thy people for nought,.... So God, when he is said to deliver up his people into the hands of their enemies, is said to sell them to them; see Jdg 2:14; and selling them for nought…
Barnes' Notes
Thou sellest thy people for nought - Margin, without riches. Without gain, or advantage; that is, for no price that would be an equivalent. The people were given up to their enemies, but there was…
The people of God here complain to him of the low and afflicted condition that they were now in, under the prevailing power of their enemies and oppressors, which was the more grievous to them because…
Cambridge Bible
Thou sellest thy people Handing them over to their enemies (Deu 32:30; Jdg 2:14; Isa 50:1); and that for nought, as though they were worthless in Thy estimation (Jer 15:13): and hast made no gain by…
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