Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 22:23

"O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!" — Jeremiah 22:23 (ASV)

O inhabitant of Lebanon. —The phrase develops the thought of Jeremiah 22:6. The king, in his cedar-palace, is as one who has made Lebanon his home, literally and figuratively (see Note on Jeremiah 22:7), and is as an eagle nestling in the cedar.

How gracious will you be ...! —Better, how will you sigh! or, how will you groan! as connected with the pangs of travail. No pomp or majesty could save the royal house from the inevitable doom.