Lamentations 2:1 - Exposition

ZION 'S JUDGMENT IS OF GOD . LAMENTATIONS AND SUPPLICATIONS .

Hath the Lord covered; rather, doth … cover . The daughter of Zion; i.e. Jerusalem. Cast down from heaven. Here and in Matthew 11:28 we have a parallel to Isaiah 14:12 , where the King of Babylon is compared to a bright star. "Cast down" whither? Into the "pit" or dungeon of Hades ( Isaiah 14:15 ). The beauty of Israel; i.e. Jerusalem, exactly as Babylon is called "the proud beauty [or, 'ornament'] of Chaldea" ( Isaiah 13:19 ). His footstool; i.e. the ark ( Psalms 132:7 ), or perhaps the temple as containing the ark ( 1 Chronicles 28:2 ; Psalms 99:5 ).