have brought thee] Have joyned their forces to thine, to go and withstand the enemies invasions; but just at the instant that thou hadst need of them, they have forsaken thee. the men that were at peace with thee] Heb. the men of thy peace. prevailed against thee] He seems to mean the Egyptians, who by powerfull perswasions, and by reason of interest of State, had brought the Idumeans to declare themselves enemies to the Chaldeans. thy bread have laid a wound under thee] Heb. thy bread have they laid for a snare under thee. A term taken from hunters, who with baits draw the beasts unto their traps. The meaning is, the victuall which thou hast had out of Egypt, hath been as it were a bait to thee to insnare thee in the league against the Chaldeans, which hath been the cause of thy ruine; the which with all thy famous wisdom thou couldst not perceive. Or, Heb. the men of thy bread: as Psalms 41:9. That is, those that eate familiarly with thee. in him] Or, of it.