Is faint ... — Or, has become “faint”—have become “dim.” “For this,” that is, for the loss of our crown, etc.

For this ... for these things. — The first clause refers to the loss of national honour indicated in Lamentations 5:16; t…

He connects sorrow here with the acknowledgment of sin, so that the people under the pressure and agony of sorrow might apply their minds to consid…

For this our heart is faint. Our spirits sink; we are ready to swoon and die away; either for this, that we have sinned; …

The people of God express deep concern for the ruins of the temple, more than for any other of their calamities. But whatever changes there are on …