This simile may mean that they had been like a bullock that would never have “felt the goad if he had not first rebelled against the yoke, ” says one reference work.
(‏ آیهٔ ۱۸ ،‏ ترجمهٔ دری‏ )‏ اسرائیلیان اعتراف کردند که سزاوار تنبیه بودند .‏