Abarim a range of mountains to the south-east of Palestine. They included Nebo, from which Moses viewed the land (Numbers 27:12; Deuteronomy 32:49).

thy lovers The reference is not clear. The word may indicate either the false gods worshipped by Israel (cp. Jeremiah 48:7; Jeremiah 49:3), or (see on Jeremiah 4:30) Egypt and the other nations, with whom many of the people were disposed to unite against the Chaldaean power.

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