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Lamentations 2:1

Lamentations 2:1

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Hath the Lord covered; rather, doth … cover. The daughter of Zion; i.e. Jerusalem. Cast down from heaven. Here and in we have a parallel to , where the King of Babylon is compared to a bright star.

"Cast down" whither? Into the "pit" or dungeon of Hades (). The beauty of Israel; i.e. Jerusalem, exactly as Babylon is called "the proud beauty [or, 'ornament'] of Chaldea" ().

His footstool; i.e. the ark (), or perhaps the temple as containing the ark (1 Chronicles 28:2; ).

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