Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
Rise up, ye women that are at ease. Address to the women of Jerusalem, who troubled themselves little about the political signs of the times, but lived a life of self-indulgence (Isaiah 3:16-23). The failure of food through the devastations of the enemy is here foretold, being what was most likely to affect them as mothers of families, heretofore accustomed to every luxury. Vitringa understands "women ... daughters" as the cities and villages of Judea, (Ezekiel 16:1-63.) See Amos 6:1.