they have remained in their holds] They dare not stirre out, 1 Samuel 14:11.
they became as women] Isaiah 19:16. Nahum 3:13. Heb. shall be unto women. or, shall become women. Shall be so affected, so timerous and heartlesse as if they were turned into women, or were women indeed, and not men: the phrase is the same with that Exodus 4:3-4. So Chap. 50. 37.
they have burnt her dwelling places] Or, her dwelling places are burnt. as Chap. 49. 20.
her barres are broken] The barres of her gates, as well of her forts and palaces, as of her citie, Psalms 107:16. &Psalms 147:13. Proverbs 18:19. Isaiah 45:2.