Upon all her pleasant things ... —The use of a similar phrase in 2 Chronicles 36:10; 2 Chronicles 36:19, of the ve…

The Prophet again deplores the profanation of all sacred things. This complaint, as I have said, proceeded from the bitterest sorrow. For though it…

The enemy has spread out his hands on all her pleasant
things
Meaning not the wealth …

The prophet sometimes speaks in his own person. At other times, Jerusalem, personified as a distressed woman, or some of the Jews are the speakers.…

Here, the prophet weeps over their bondage concerning the looting of their po e ions, which they endured from their victorious enemies.