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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Lamentations 2:19 - 2:19
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cry ... in ... night - (Psa 119:147).
beginning of ... watches - that is, the first of the three equal divisions (four hours each) into which the ancient Jews divided the night; namely, from sunset to ten o’clock. The second was called “the middle watch” (Jdg 7:19), from ten till two o’clock. The third, “the morning watch,” from two to sunrise (Exo 14:24; 1Sa 11:11). Afterwards, under the Romans, they had four watches (Mat 14:25; Luk 12:38).
for ... thy ... children - that God, if He will not spare thee, may at least preserve “thy young children.”
top of ... street - (Isa 51:20; Nah 3:10).