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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Lamentations 2:18 - 2:18
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Tzaddi
wall - (Lam 2:8). Personified. “Their heart,” that is, the Jews’; while their heart is lifted up to the Lord in prayer, their speech is addressed to the “wall” (the part being put for the whole city).
let tears, etc. - (Jer 14:17). The wall is called on to weep for its own ruin and that of the city. Compare the similar personification (Lam 1:4).
apple - the pupil of the eye (Psa 17:8).