But although they sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them; and they begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of mighty ones.
l ויחלו "incipient", Calvin; "ceperunt enim paululum", Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Zanchius, Drusius, Tarnovius, so Ben Melech. m ויחלו מעט "et remanebunt pauci", Schmidt a rad. חול "durare, permanere".