Again: The incidents detailed in these verses, which frequently occur, and mark the superintendence of a benign Providence, and the hand of a just God, appear to be brought forward to illustrate the return of the Israelites from captivity, and the punishment of their oppressors the Babylonians. Wherefore, at last, as in a common chorus, they conclude with exhorting each other to a serious consideration of these things, and to make a proper return to the Almighty.
they are: Psa 30:6-7; Gen 45:11; Rth 1:20-21; 1Sa 2:5-7; 2Ki 4:8, 2Ki 8:3; Job 1:10-17