shame of thy youth - Israel’s unfaithfulness as wife of Jehovah, almost from her earliest history.
reproach of widowhood - Israel’s punishment in her consequent dismissal from God and barrenness of spiritual children in Babylon and her present dispersion (Isa 54:1; Isa 49:21; Jer 3:24, Jer 3:25; Jer 31:19; Hos 2:2-5).