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1–10. God's judgment over Jerusalem. 11–19. The prophet's complaint about the extremely plight of the city's residents. 20–22. A complaint from the residents of Jerusalem themselves. (Pl.2:1-10.) The Lord cruelly punished the kingdom of Judah: He allowed the enemies of the Jews to destroy His church and all the city buildings. Now the people are in deep sadness and dying of hunger. Lam.2:1. How the Lord darkened the daughter of Zion in His wrath! He cast down the beauty of Israel from heaven to earth, and did not remember His footstool in the day of His wrath. “Darkened,” that is, covered the city with a cloud of sadness. - "From heaven." The glory of Jerusalem used to rise to the heavens. – “The footstool” is the ark of the covenant, over which Jehovah invisibly dwelt (1 Chr. 28.2; Ps. 98.5). Lam.2:3. in the heat of anger he broke all the horns of Israel, withdrew his right hand from the enemy and burned in Jacob like a scorching fire, devouring everything around him; “Horns” – that is, everything on which the meaning of Jerusalem was based. “He withdrew His right hand from the enemy” - more correctly: “he took away (from Israel) His right hand (which protected, protected Israel) from enemies.” Proverbs 2:7. The Lord has cast away His altar, turned His heart away from His sanctuary, and delivered the walls of His palace into the hands of the enemies; in the house of the Lord they made a noise as on a holy day. "Like a holiday". On holidays, when a lot of people came to the church, it was very noisy there. Proverbs 2:9. Its gates protruded into the ground; He destroyed and crushed their locks; her king and her princes are among the pagans; there is no law, and its prophets are not granted visions from the Lord. “They went into the ground” - more correctly: “they lie on the ground.” - “The law has ceased”, i.e. it is impossible to fulfill everything that the Law of Moses required (for example, sacrifices). - “And her prophets are not granted visions.” During the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, the Lord, indeed, did not say anything through the prophets to console the Jews. Afterwards, however, the prophecy came to life again. (Pl.2:11-19.) The prophet expresses his condolences to the suffering Jews, especially children and mothers. No one is able to console the suffering Jews, and outsiders even rejoice at their humiliation. Only He who punished Israel can console him, and it is to Him that the Jews should cry day and night for help. Proverbs 2:11. My eyes are exhausted from tears, my insides are agitated within me, my liver is pouring out on the ground from the death of the daughter of my people, when children and infants are dying of hunger in the city streets. “My liver is pouring out on the ground” - more correctly: “my heart wants to burst.” Lam.2:13. What can I tell you, what can I compare you with, daughter of Jerusalem? What can I compare you to, to comfort you, O virgin, daughter of Zion? for your wound is as great as the sea; who can heal you?: It is comforting for the sufferer to hear that his suffering is not an isolated phenomenon, that other people suffered the same suffering, but the prophet does not find it possible to find an example that could console the Jews in their suffering. Proverbs 2:14. Your prophets preached to you empty and false things and did not reveal your iniquity in order to avert your captivity, and they spoke to you false revelations that led you to exile. Wed. Jer 6:14, 14:13, 23:17. Proverbs 2:18. Their heart cries out to the Lord: the wall of the daughter of Zion! pour tears in a stream day and night, do not give yourself rest, do not lower the apples of your eyes. A more correct translation should be: “Shout loudly to the Lord, O virgin daughter of Zion!” (Pl.2:20–22.) According to the request of the prophet, Zion lifts up her prayers to the Lord, in which she points out her unbearable suffering. You might be interested in: