John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:6
And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed ,.... The kingdom removed; the priesthood ceased; the temple, their beautiful house, burnt; the palaces of their king and nobles demolished; and everything in church and state that was glorious were now no more: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture ; that are heartless and without courage, fearful and timorous, as harts are, especially when destitute of food. The Targum is "her princes run about for food, as... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-11
Those that have any disposition to weep with those that weep, one would think, should scarcely be able to refrain from tears at the reading of these verses, so very pathetic are the lamentations here. I. The miseries of Jerusalem are here complained of as very pressing and by many circumstances very much aggravated. Let us take a view of these miseries. 1. As to their civil state. (1.) A city that was populous is now depopulated, Lam. 2:1. It is spoken of by way of wonder?Who would have... read more