Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 6:33

33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him : and he said , Behold, this evil is of the LORD , what should I wait for the LORD any longer ?

To wit, to the Door, where also we are to understand that he was held fast, that he could not come at the Prophet till the King came, as the Prophet had commanded them to do.

Either, 1. The Messenger in the Kings name and words. Or, Secondly, The King himself, who, though not here named, may be presumed to be present, both by the Prophets prediction of his speedy coming, and by the presence of the lord, on whose hand the king leaned, chap. 7. 2.

This dreadful Famine, which is now so extream, that Women are forced to eat their own Children.

He hath inflicted it, and (for ought that I see) he will net remove it. Thus he lays all the blame upon God, not, as he ought, upon his own, and his Mothers wickedness, which provoked God, who doth not willingly afflict, to send this heavy Judgment upon him.

Thou bidst me wait upon God for help: but I perceive I may wait long enough before deliverance comes: I am weary with waiting, I can wait no longer.