the women that are left in the king of Judahs house] When Jechoniah, and his mother, and others, were carried away captive, 2 Kings 24:12. Or, after that Zedekiah was fled out of the citie, Chap. 39. 4. Thy friends have set the on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back] Heb. Men of thy peace. Obadiah 1:7. Chap. 20. 10. Thy false-prophets, and confederates, that incited thee to rebell and stand out against the King of Babylon, Chap. 27. 3. & 37. 19. have deluded thee, and left thee sticking fast in the mire; which they have brought thee into: that is, in deep danger and shrewd distresse: as Psalms 69:2. Alluding withall, as some suppose, to some quagmire, wherein the enemie should overtake and surprise him, Chap. 39. 5. Thus that which he feared, vers. 19. befell him, not from men, but from women.