In the palaces. — Rather, on the palaces, i.e., on their roofs in such conspicuous places that the population, high and low, would hear the summons.
Mountains of Samaria. — In the high ground around the city, from which can be observed all that is passing in the metropolis. Foreign people, even Philistines and Egyptians, are gathered to witness the evils of the doomed realm. The marginal rendering “oppressions” should be adopted. This is shown by the parallelism.