Charles Ellicott Commentary Lamentations 1:15

"The Lord hath set at nought all my mighty men in the midst of me; He hath called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men: The Lord hath trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah." — Lamentations 1:15 (ASV)

Trodden under foot. —Better, has made contemptible, as those who are weighed in the balance and found wanting.

All my mighty men ... —The adjective is used elsewhere of bulls (Psalms 22:12; Isaiah 34:7), but stands here for the heroes of Judah, who fell, not in open battle, but ignominiously “in the midst” of the captured city.

He has called an assembly. —The point of the phrase lies in its being the one commonly used for proclaiming a religious festival (Leviticus 23:4). Here the festival is proclaimed, not for Jerusalem, but against her, and it is to be kept by those who exult in the slaughter of her youthful warriors.

The Lord has trodden the virgin ... —Better, has trodden the winepress for the virgin ... For the winepress as the symbol of judgment and slaughter, see Isaiah 63:2; Revelation 14:19; Revelation 19:15.