Charles Ellicott Commentary Lamentations 1:14

"The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together, they are come up upon my neck; he hath made my strength to fail: The Lord hath delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand." — Lamentations 1:14 (ASV)

Is bound by his hand ... —The verb is not found elsewhere, but was probably a technical term for the twisting of the thongs by which the yoke was fastened, the “yoke” in this case being the transgressions of Judah, which were as a sore burden too heavy to be borne.

He has made. —Better, it has made; i.e., the yoke which was above her strength to bear.

The Lord. —It is noticeable that here, and in thirteen other passages in this book, the word Adonai is used instead of the more usual Jehovah, as though the latter, the covenant Name of the God of Israel, was less appropriate on the lips of one who was under His condemnation.