The elders of the daughter of Zion ... —The despondency of the people is indicated by the outward signs of woe. Instead of taking counsel …

The Prophet here strikingly portrays the severity of the people’s calamity when he says that the elders, as in hopeless despair, were lyin…

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground, [and] keep silence Who used to sit in the…

Causes for lamentation are described. Multitudes perished by famine. Even little children were slain by their mother's hands and eaten, according t…

Here he weeps over the destruction of those who are miserable because of their formerly honored status.

1. The elders: the elders …