At the time of exile, about the appointed-ones of the nations of the world, and of the ‘mixed multitude’ (’eirev) rav,, it is stated of them: (Lam. 1:5) Her adversaries were on top, her enemies were in comfort, her adversaries – surely these are the mixed multitude, about them it is stated: (Is. 1:23) Your princes are deviants, and a company of thieves, all of them, loving bribery... etc.... Her enemies were in comfort... – these are Esau and Yishmael, (Lam. 1:5) and the seventy appointed-ones, who are all in comfort, in wealth, while Israel is oppressed in poverty.