Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
My lovers - Those who professed much affection for me; my friends, reai , my companions, who never before left my company, stand aloof.
My kinsmen - kerobai , my neighbors, stand afar off. I am deserted by all, and they stand off because of nigi , my plague. They considered me as suffering under a Divine judgment; and, thinking me an accursed being, they avoided me lest they should be infected by my disease.
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