lovers - the peoples formerly allied to thee, Assyria and Egypt (compare Lam 1:2).
seek thee not - have cast away all concern for thee in thy distress.
wound of an enemy - a wound such as an enemy would inflict. God condescends to employ language adapted to human conceptions. He is incapable of “enmity” or “cruelty”; it was their grievous sin which righteously demanded a grievous punishment, as though He were an “enemy” (Jer 5:6; Job 13:24; Job 30:21).