By thy] Heb. By the hand of. messengers] Mentioned, Chap. 18. v. 17. With the multitude, &c.] Though these very words were not uttered by the messengers, yet the sense was: which is expressed in an elegant and pertinent comparison. By mountains are meant, cities of Judah: by the height, the midst of them: by Lebanon, Jerusalem: by tall cedar-trees, and choice sirre-trees, the king, nobles, and other eminent persons: by lodgings of his borders, frontier towns: by forest of Carmel, fruitfull fields, vineyards, orchards, gardens, and such like places. Of Lebanon, see the notes on 1 Kings 5:6. Of Carmel, see the notes on 1 Kings 18:19. the tall] Heb. the talnesse, &. the forest] Or, the forest and his fruitfull field.