They took the young men to grind, and the children stagger under loads of wood.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Indecently, like the Sodomites. Hebrew, "they made the young men grind "at the mill, in their prison, (Haydock) as Samson (Judges xvi. 21.) and Sedecias (according to the Septuagint, chap. lii. 11.) were forced to do. To grind is often used in a bad sense; but it is not necessary to adopt it here. (Calmet) (Amama)
The Chaldeans treated their captives without pity or shame. (Haydock)
Wood; burdens, or stumbling-blocks, unless they were crucified; or, "roasted "if we admit a small alteration in the Hebrew, chap. iv. 10. (Calmet)
They were forced to grind naked, and were beaten with staves. (Worthington)
Thirdly, as to the youth: "Young men are compelled to grind at the mill; and boys stagger under loads of wood." The prophet Joel 3:3 declares: "And have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and have sold a girl for wine, and have drunk it."
