What does "v'Avar Bah Niksheh v'Ra'ev" refer to?
Rashi: This refers back to "v'Yisereni mi'Leches b'Derech ha'am ha'Zeh" (11). What is the Derech? "Do not say that the bond [of the 10 tribes to Melech Mitzrayim] is a [proper] bond" (12). It explained the punishment - "v'Hayah l'Mikdash
Why does it say "Chi Yir'av"?
Radak: He will not know what to do. The hunger is due to war of the enemies.
Whom will he curse?
Rashi: The calves and Ba'alim 1 that they served.
Radak: His king, who has no power to save him, and the idolatry that he served.
Radak citing Targum Yonasan: "B'Malko" is Pesachre; also it refers to idolatry. Also "Sikus Malkechem" (Amos 5:26) 'ha'Nishba'im b'Malkam 2 .'
Malbim: He will curse his day [of birth] in the name of his king and god.
Yaravam set up calves for people to serve in his kingdom, and not go to the Mikdash. 'Ba'al' was the name of a rampant idolatry - "I will leave in Yisrael 7,000 who did not bow to Ba'al
Why does it say "u'Fanah l'Ma'alah"?
Rashi, from Targum Yonasan: He will ask from Hashem. However, He will not heed him, for the decree was sealed.
Malbim (21-22): Wherever he will turn, whether if he faces up, or down, there is affliction.
