Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
Ver. 20. Go up to Lebanon and cry.] Jehoiakim hath had his doom and his destiny read him. a Followeth now Jehoiakim's part, and what, for his obstinace, he shall trust to. The prophet beginneth this part of his discourse with a sarcasm or scoff at their carnal security and creature confidence. Get up, saith he, into those high mountains here mentioned, Lebanon, Bashan, Abarim, that look all toward Egypt, and see if thence, by crying and calling for help, thou mayest be saved from the Chaldees, who are coming upon thee; but all shall be to small purpose.
But thy lovers are all destroyed.] The Egyptians, to whom thou bearest a blind affection, contrary to God's covenant.
a Subiecit fata tristissima Iechoniae.