ירמיהו לח:יב פירוש: רש״י

and the rags Heb. והמלחים, an expression of decay. Cf. “shall vanish (נמלחוּ) like smoke” (Isa. 51: 6).

under your armpits So that the ropes should not harm you.

armpits Heb. אצילות, aisseles in French.