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Wherefore . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis.
afflicted our soul. Reference to Pentateuch. This is a strictly Levitical technical expression (Lev_16:29, Lev_16:31; Lev_23:27, Lev_23:32. Num_29:7). This shows that the People were not in exile as alleged, but in the Land. See also the references to other observances below (Isa_58:13). Note that in Isaiah 58 and Isaiah 59 we have the reference to the Day of Atonement; in Isaiah 60 and Isaiah 61, to the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. Isaiah 60 refers to the feast of Tabernacles with its "ingathering" (verses: Isa_58:3-5, Isa_58:13), which followed the Day of Atonement (Lev_23:27, Lev_23:34).
soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "souls" (plural)
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos.