The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.

The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses - i:e., the widows of the men slain by you () ye cast out from their homes, which had been their delight, and seize on them for yourselves.

From their children - i:e., from the orphans of the widows.

Have ye taken away my glory - namely, their substance and raiment, which, being the fruit of God's blessing on the young, reflected God's glory. Thus Israel's crime was not merely robbery, but sacrilege. Their sex did not save the women, nor their age the children, from violence.

Forever - there was no repentance. They persevered in sin. The pledged garment was to be restored to the poor before sunset (); but these never restored their unlawful booty.

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