John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:11
All her people sigh ,.... Not her priests only, Lamentations 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" F24 להשיב נפש "ad reducendum animam",... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:10
The enemy hath spread out his hands on all her pleasant things ,.... Meaning not the wealth and riches, the goods and substance, or the rich furniture in their own houses; but the precious things in the house of God, the ark, the table, the altar, the priests garments, and vessels of the sanctuary, and the gifts of the temple, and everything valuable in it; these the enemy stretched out his hands and seized upon, and claimed them as his own; took them as a booty, prey, and plunder. Jarchi ... read more