Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.
Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman - held unclean, and shunned by all; separated from her husband and from the temple, (cf. Lamentations 1:8; Leviticus 15:19, etc.) Like a woman in labour-throes (Jeremiah 4:31).
[Tsaddiy (ts)]