Spreadeth forth her hands - In prayer (Exodus 9:29, Exodus 9:33), but Zion entreats in vain. There is no one…

Zion spreads out her hands ...— The normal attitude of Eastern prayer, or, perhaps, of lamentation and despair.

That…

The Prophet first says that Jerusalem had expanded her hands, as a token of sorrow, or that she might seek friends from every side; for wh…

Zion spreads forth her hands
Either as submitting to the conqueror, and imploring mercy; or rather as calling to her…

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 weeps over the second captivity, which took place under Zedekiah when all the people were taken captive. Concerning this, he does three thi…