All her people sigh,.... Not her priests only, La 1:4; but all the common people, because of their affliction, particularly for want of bread. So the Targum,"all the people of Jerusalem sigh because of the famine;''for it follows:they seek bread; to eat, as the Targum; inquire where it is to be had, but in vain:they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: or, "to cause the soul to return" ; to fetch it back when fainting and swooning away through famine; and therefore would give anything for food; part with their rich clothes, jewels, and precious stones; with whatsoever they had that was valuable in their cabinets or coffers, that they might have meat to keep from fainting and dying; to refresh and recruit their spirits spent with hunger:see, O Lord, and consider; for I am become vile; mean, base, and contemptible, in the eyes of men, through penury and want of food; through poverty, affliction, and distress; and therefore desires the Lord would consider her case, and look with pity and compassion on her.
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Lamentations 1:11
Lamentations 1:11
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