The foxes: Or, jackals. As these animals live among ruins, and shun human presence, it shows that Zion is laid waste and deserted.

Foxes. —Better, jackals, who are thought of as haunting the ruins of Jerusalem .

Although he had generally included all kinds of evils, he now mentions the principal cause of sorrow: that Mount Sion had lost its beauty …

Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate

Meaning either the city of Jerusalem in general, or the temple …

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 …