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Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction,
And of her homelessness,
All her pleasant things which have been from the days of ol…

Jerusalem remembered. —Better, remembers. The present is contrasted with the past. Still, the “sorrow’s crown of sorrow i…

He confirms the former verse when he says that Jerusalem remembered her desirable things when she was afflicted by God's hand and reduced …

Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her
miseries
When carried…

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, he weeps over the misfortune he recalls from the past.
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes