OH that my head were waters, &c.] Heb. Who will give my head waters, &c. as Psalms 55:6. or, make my head waters, &c. as Hosea 11:8.
The Prophets exceeding great compassion towards his people: who could never sufficiently lament, the calamities, which he foresaw ready to befall them, and the procuring causes thereof, their sumes. Isaiah 22:4. Chap. 4. 19. & 13. 17. & 14. 17.
for the slain] Those that are as sure to be slain by the Chaldeans, as if they were already slain. as Genesis 20:3. Chap. 32. 24. Ezekiel 21:14. Job 3:18.
the daughter of my people] See Isaiah 22:4.