Are the chief ... prosper - Or, “have become the head”... are at rest. Judea is so entirely crushed that her enemies did n…

Her adversaries are the chief, —Literally, have become the head (Deuteronomy 28:13).

Her enemies prosper;<…

He first says that her enemies had become the head; and by this expression he undoubtedly means power. This way of speaking he borrowed fr…

Her adversaries are the chief
Or, "for the head" ^F14; or are the head, as was threatened, ([Reference Deu…

The prophet sometimes speaks in his own person. At other times, Jerusalem, personified as a distressed woman, or some of the Jews are the speakers.…

Here the prophet weeps over the oppression of the captives.