A rapid sketch of the last days of the siege and the capture of the king.

(Lamentations 4:17) Rather, Still do our eyes wast…

As for us ... —Better, Still do our eyes waste away, looking for our vain help.

In our watching. —…

Here the Prophet charges the people with another crime: that, neglecting God and even despising His favor, they had always attached themselves to v…

As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help
Or, "while we were yet" ^F8 ; a nation, a people, a bo…

Nothing ripens a people more for ruin, nor fills the measure faster, than the sins of priests and prophets. The king himself cannot escape, for Div…

Here he excludes the possibility of escape, ruling out four potential ways of escape.