Her adversaries are the chief. — Literally, have become the head (Deuteronomy 28:13).
Her enemies prosper. — Better, are at ease, secure from every resistance on her part. “Before the enemy,” driven, i.e., as slaves are driven.
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Lamentations 1:5
5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.