Sigh ... seek — Are sighing ... are seeking. The words are present participles, describing the condition of the people. After a siege …

All her people sigh....—The words which describe the famine at Jerusalem are in the present tense, either as painting the…

The Prophet here complains that all the citizens of Jerusalem were constantly groaning because of lack and famine. He first says that all were …

All her people sigh Not her priests only, (Lamentations 1:4); but all the common people, because of their affliction, p…

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 describes the lo of their po e ions by detailing what they were forced to give up.