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Thou shalt go forth from him: some apply it to the sad and ineffectual return of the ambassadors, being disappointed in their expectation from the king of Egypt; but rather, All the help thou canst procure from abroad shall not prevent thy captivity, but from hence thou shalt go.
Thine hands upon thine head; a usual posture of sadness and mourning, 2Sa_13:19, suited here to her going into captivity.
Rejected thy confidences; refused to give success unto them, 2Ch_16:7. Or, rejected thee for thy confidences; or, he disapproves thy confidences, viz. all thy refuges which thou seekest out of God.
Thou shalt not prosper in them, viz. in thy refuges and dependencies.