John Calvin Commentary Lamentations 5:11

"They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah." — Lamentations 5:11 (ASV)

He mentions here another kind of reproach: that women had been ravished in Jerusalem and in other cities. God had commanded chastity to be observed among his people. When, therefore, virgins and women were thus defiled, it was extremely disgraceful. But the Prophet mentioned this also, so that God might eventually show himself favorable to his people after being entreated (Deuteronomy 22:21–24).

And he mentioned Sion rather than Jerusalem—it was indeed to state a part for the whole; but that place, we know, had been chosen by God so that his name might be worshipped there. Sion, then, was a holy place above any other; it was, in a word, the earthly dwelling of God. Since, then, God had his palace there, so that he might dwell in the midst of his people, it was an extremely disgraceful sight to see women ravished there, for the temple of God was thus violated. It was not only disgraceful to the people that women were thus ravished, but it was a filthy profanation of God’s worship, and therefore sacrilegious. We now see the Prophet’s purpose. He also mentions the cities of Judah, but with reference to the same thing.