Jeremiah 38:22

all the women that are left the women of the harem generally, concubines and their attendants. If Zedekiah prove obstinate, these also will join in the reproaches that shall be heaped upon him.

Thy familiar friends, etc.] lit. as mg. The men of thy peace. The women's reproaches are in the Ḳinah measure.

have set thee on incited, instigated thee. Cp. Obadiah 1:7.

thy feet are sunk in the mire "The metaphor answers to the experience through which the prophet had passed.… He had been cast by his enemies into the cistern, and his feet had sunk in the mire; Zedekiah had been misled by his friends, but when his feet sank in the mire, no one drew him out." Peake.