16, 17. (a) After the exile, how did the situation of the Israelites differ from when their forefathers first inherited the Promised Land?
وَغَلَّاتُهَا تَكْثُرُ لِلْمُلُوكِ ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلْتَهُمْ عَلَيْنَا بِسَبَبِ خَطَايَانَا .‏ .‏ .‏