Their widows are increased] Heb. are stronger. that is, more in number. as Psal. 40. 5, 12. & 69. 4. their husbands being slain. Chap. 18. 21.
to me] Either from me; by my means, through my just judgement: as blessed of, or, from the Lord, 1 Samuel 23:21. and salvation is of, or, from the Lord. Psalms 3:8. Or it is a more full and emphaticall finenesse of speech. The like whereof, see Genesis 12:1. compared with Acts 7:3. Exodus 18:27. See Chap. 22. 6.
above the sand of the seas] An hyperbolicall expression; usuall in scripture, to signifie a very great multitude. Genesis 22:17. & Genesis 32:12. & Genesis 41:49. Psalms 139:18. Isaiah 10:22.
I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men, a spoiler at noon-day] Or, against the mother-citie, a young man spoiling, &c. or, against the mother and the young men a spoiler, &c. The young King of Babylon, against the Mother-citie Jerusalem: who shall assault it, not by stealth, as a thief, in the night; Chap. 49. 9. 1 Thessalonians 5:2. Revelation 3:3. & Revelation 16:15. but as an high-way robber, that robbeth openly at noon-day. Chap. 6. 4. Zephaniah 2:4.
I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and errours upon the citie] Or, I have made trouble and terrours to fall suddenly upon her.