All your lovers have forgotten you ... —The lovers of a nation are, of course, as in Jeremiah 22:20, its allies and tribu…

For thus says the LORD, Your bruise is incurable, and your wound is grievous. There is none to plead your cause, that you may be bound up: you …

The Prophet again repeats that nothing remained for Israel as coming from men, for no one offered to bring help. Some, indeed, explain the words as…

All your lovers have forgotten thee
The Egyptians and Assyrians, whom they sought unto for help, and entered into an…

When God is against a people, who will be for them? Who can be for them, so as to do them any kindness? Incurable griefs are owing to incurable lus…

Here, the prophet promises liberation from destruction—from the great affliction they had endured. Concerning this, there are two points.