Lamentations 1:13 - Exposition

Three figures—fire, a net, sickness, for the calamities which have come upon Jerusalem. From above; i.e. from heaven. Spread a net for my feet, as though I were a wild beast (comp. Jeremiah 18:22 ). Turned me back. The consequence of being entangled in the net was that he could go no further, but fell into the hands of his pursuers.