1)

What is the meaning of "Tesimenu Madon li'Shchenenu"?

1.

Rashi: You made for us quarrels with all our neighbors; Yavan confronted us.

2.

Radak: They confront us constantly - "Ish Riv v'Ish Madon l'Chol ha'Aretz" (Yirmeyah 15:10).

3.

Malbim: Sanvalat and Tuviyah quarrel with us, like it says in Nechemyah Perek 6.

2)

Whom do they mock?

1.

Radak: This is a euphemism, as if they mock themselves. Really, they mock You, and say that You cannot save us.

2.

Malbim: Our enemies mock our neighbors, that they quarrel with a lowly nation like us.

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