Literally, אדני 'ădonāy has become “as an enemy.”

Her palaces: ... his strong holds ... —The change of gender is remarkable, probably rising from the fact that the writer …

These words might seem superfluous, since the Prophet has often repeated that God had become an enemy to his own people; but we shall later see tha…

The Lord was as an enemy
Who formerly was on their side, their God and guardian, their protector and deliverer, but …

A sad representation is made here of the state of God's church, of Jacob and Israel; but the focus seems mostly to be on the hand of the Lord in th…

Here he weeps over the destruction of the buildings used for defense, and he addresses this in three ways.

1. He touches on God's indigna…