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: Psalms 30:6-7; Genesis 45:11; Ruth 1:20-21; 1 Samuel 2:5-7; 2 Kings 4:8, 2 Kings 8:3; Job 1:10-17