Though: That is, probably, "Though ye have laboured and lain down between the brick-kilns in Egypt - a poor, enslaved, and oppressed people, yet ye shall gradually rise to dignity, prosperity, and splendour; as a dove, which has been defiled with dirt, disordered, and dejected, by washing herself in a running stream, and trimming her plumage, gradually recovers the serenity of her disposition, the purity of colour, and the richness and varied elegance of her appearance." ye have: Psa 81:6, Exo 1:14, 1Co 6:9-11, 1Co 12:2, Eph 2:1-3, Tit 3:3 the wings: Psa 74:19, Psa 105:37, Psa 149:4, 1Ki 4:20, 1Ki 4:21, Eze 16:6-14, Luk 15:16, Luk 15:22, Eph 5:26, Eph 5:27, Rev 1:5, Rev 1:6 Reciprocal: Exo 1:11 - burdens Lev 14:22 - two turtle doves Psa 113:8 - General Son 2:14 - my dove