The lamentation of the city, personified as a woman in grief over her fate.

(Lamentations 1:13)

It prevails - Or, …

Is bound by his hand ... —The verb is not found elsewhere, but was probably a technical term for the twisting of the thongs by whi…

Here, again, Jerusalem confesses that God had been justly displeased. She had ascribed to God’s vengeance the evils which she suffered; but now she…

The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand
That is, the punishment of her sins was laid upon her by the Lord…

Jerusalem, sitting dejected on the ground, calls on those that passed by, to consider whether her example did not concern them. Her outward sufferi…

Here he shows the rigor of God’s justice, because He is a judge. Concerning this, he does three things.

1. He presents the careful consid…