Zion spreadeth forth her hands] As craving help, or seeking relief and comfort; Jeremiah 4:31. Psal. 143. 6, 7. Or, distributeth with her hands: to wit, bread: not to others, as Proverbs 31:20. but to her self: as wanting those, that in this her heavinesse should performe that office to her. See Jeremiah 16:7.
the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, &c.] Because I kept not Gods commands, vers. 18. he hath by a secret instinct given mine enemies a command and commission against me. Jeremiah 34:22.
his adversaries should be round about him] Chap. 49. 5. and 50. 15, 29.
Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them] Or, as an abomination. as some abominable thing; severed from societie and approach of any: or such as none can endure to touch, Leviticus 20:21. Ezek. 7. 19 20. & 36. 17. See vers. 8.