Jeremiah 22:20 - Exposition

A new strophe begins here, relative to Jehoiachin, the son and successor of Jehoiakim. Go up to Lebanon, and cry . The people of Judah is addressed, personified as a woman (comp. Jeremiah 7:29 ). The penetrating character of the long-toned cry of an Arab has been mentioned by Dr. Thomson. In Isaiah 40:9 a similar command is given to Zion; but in what different circumstances! From the passages ; rather, from Abarim . The range of Abarim—Nebo, from which Hoses surveyed the land of Israel, belonged to it ( Deuteronomy 32:49 )—completes the circle of mountain stations; Lebanon was in the north, Bashan in the northeast, Abarim in the southeast. All thy lovers ; viz. the nations whom self-interest had combined against Nebuchadrezzar, and between whom and Judah negotiations had from time to time been entered into ( Jeremiah 2:36 ; Jeremiah 27:3 ). "Lovers" (comp. Jeremiah 4:30 ; Jeremiah 30:1-24 ; Ezekiel 16:33 , Ezekiel 16:37 ).