Chapter 1 – FAMILIA MUNDIAL
1 [5] The host of heaven: the stars, the worship of which was introduced into Judah by the Assyrians. Milcom: the god of the Ammonites; cf ⇒ 1 Kings 11:5, 7, ⇒ 33; ⇒ 2 Kings 23:13.
2 [7] He has consecrated his guests: God has prepared those whom he has invited to share as soldiers in the booty, or as beast and bird scavengers of carrion, on the day of slaughter. Cf ⇒ Jeremiah 46:10; ⇒ Ezekiel 39:17.
3 [9] Leap over the threshold: the reference is to a superstitious custom of the pagans, witnessed to at least in regard to the worship of Dagon (⇒ 1 Sam 5:5).
4 [10-11] The New Quarter . . . the Mortar: sections of Jerusalem (cf ⇒ 2 Kings 22:14).
5 [12] The men who thicken on their lees: those who are overconfident because, like bottles of wine in which the sediment has settled to the bottom, they have remained at peace and undisturbed for a long time.