Houses of the great – Rather, every great house; that is, the larger houses only.

All the houses of the great men. —More accurately, all the great houses.

Laus Deo

Commentary on Lamentations

Calvin's Preface

LECTURES OF JOHN CALVIN

ON

THE LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH

And burnt the house of the Lord
The temple built by Solomon, after it had stood four hundred and seventy years, six …

The Chaldean army made woeful havoc. But nothing is related here as particularly as the carrying away of the articles in the temple. The remembranc…