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Lift up thine eyes; do but look, and consider whether I do charge thee wrongfully or no.
Unto the high places: he directs her to the places of her whoredoms and idolatries, called
high places, being principally upon hills, 2Ki_21:3, and divers other places, though sometimes in valleys, Jer_2:23; which notes also her impudence, that whereas other whores affected privacy, she should be filthy in the open view.
And see where thou hast not been lien with; thy filthiness has been every where so frequent, that thou canst scarce show a place that hath been free from thy pollutions, Jer_3:6,13, where there are not the footsteps of thy fornications and idolatries.
In the ways, viz. to allure passengers, see Eze_16:24,25 and waiting for them, viz. thy associates; not being drawn by others’ allurements, but thine own lasciviousness.
As the Arabian; an allusion to the manner and custom of that people, either lying in wait by the way for passengers, as robbers use to do, Hos_6:9, they being noted for robbers. Or rather, in way of traffic, that were wont to pitch their tents by the way-sides, that they might meet with their customers to trade, as they passed along; very properly pointing out the practice of harlots. See Pro_7:11,12. Thy wickedness; not only thy idolatries, but all other thy wicked courses.