Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
All the women that are left - Belonging to the harems of former kings (compare I Kings 2:22), attendants, and slaves.
Thy friends ... - This satirical song (compare Obadiah 1:7) should be translated as a distich:
Thy friends have urged thee on and prevailed upon thee:
Thy feet are stuck in the mire; they have turned back.
Thy friends - literally "men of thy peace," thy acquaintance Jeremiah 20:10. They urge Zedekiah on to a hopeless struggle with the Chaldaeans, and when he gets into difficulties leave him in the lurch.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Jeremiah 38:22:
Job 38:6
Zephaniah 1:8
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