who rob their skin—[I.e., the skin] of the house of Israel, over whom they are heads and officers, as the prophet says: The heads of the house of Jacob and the officers of the house of Israel.

the flesh of My people Heb. שְׁאֵר עַמִּי.

and opened their bones Heb. פִצֵּחוּ. They opened [them] to take out the marrow. Cf. (Isa.14:7) “They opened (פָצְחוּ) in song” -they opened their mouth in song.

and broke [them] as in a pot Heb. וּפָרְשׁוּ. They break the limbs as they break the cuts [of meat] in a pot to cook [them]. and broke Heb. וּפָרְשׁוּ, an expression of breaking. Cf. (Isa. 58:7) “To share (פָרֹס) with the hungry”; (Jer. 16:7) “And they shall not break [bread] (יִפְרְסוּ) for them”; (Lam. 1:17) “Zion broke (פֵּרְשָה).”

a cauldron Heb. קַלַחַת, kaldere in O.F.

Then they shall cry out to the Lord Then, when that time mentioned above, [that] “I will surely assemble Jacob,” comes, they shall cry out to the Lord to do good for them with the will of His people and with the joy of His nation, but He shall not respond to them.

who bite with their teeth—and eat the flesh of fattened animals, which my people who stray after them feed them.

and herald peace—And, when they feed them, they herald and prophesy peace for them.

they prepare war Heb. וְקִדְּשׁוּ.

statement of God Heb. מַעֲנֵה is vowelized with a kamatz [meaning a zeirah] since it is attached to God’s Name.

Jerusalem shall become heaps Heb. עִיּין.