they shall say] Wondring, as at a thing never likely to fall out, that God should ever have suffered that goodly citie and kingdom to be so ruined. Lamentations 4:12.
every man to his neighbour] Or, friend, familiar. Chap. 9. 4. one to another. Genesis 11:3; Genesis 11:7. Malachi 3:16.
Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great citie] Deuteronomy 29:24. 1 Kings 9:8.