Jer 30:14, Lam 1:2 | JFB | e4.org | 14. lovers —the peoples formerly allied to thee, Assyria and Egypt (compare ). seek thee not —have cast away all concern for thee in thy distress. wound of an enemy —a wound such as an enemy would inflict. God condescends to employ language adapted to human conceptions. He is incapable of "enmity" or "cruelty"; it was their grievous sin which righteously demanded a grievous punishment, as though He were an "enemy" ( ).

‏ Jeremiah 30:14

14. lovers—the peoples formerly allied to thee, Assyria and Egypt (compare La 1:2).

seek thee not—have cast away all concern for thee in thy distress.

wound of an enemy—a wound such as an enemy would inflict. God condescends to employ language adapted to human conceptions. He is incapable of "enmity" or "cruelty"; it was their grievous sin which righteously demanded a grievous punishment, as though He were an "enemy" (Jer 5:6; Job 13:24; 30:21).

‏ Lamentations 1:2

2. in the night—even in the night, the period of rest and oblivion of griefs (Job 7:3).

lovers . . . friends—the heathen states allied to Judah, and their idols. The idols whom she "loved" (Jer 2:20-25) could not comfort her. Her former allies would not: nay, some "treacherously" joined her enemies against her (2Ki 24:2, 7; Ps 137:7).

Gimel.