All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
All thy lovers - the people formerly allied to thee, Assyria and Egypt (cf. Lamentations 1:2).
Seek thee not - have cast away all concern for thee in thy distress.
I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy - a wound such as an enemy would inflict. God condescends to employ language adapted to human conceptions. He is incapable of "enmity" or "cruelty;" it was their grievous sin which righteously demanded a grievous punishment, as though he were an "enemy" (Jeremiah 5:6; Job 13:24; Job 30:21); whereas He is really the unchangeable friend of His elect people.