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Forsaken, both of God, i.e. as to outward appearance; and of her inhabitants, being upon the matter depopulated.
Hated; either slighted and neglected, or suffering actual miseries and slaughters: thus was she dealt with, Lam_1:2.
No man went through thee; thy streets were left desolate. An eternal excellency: the abstract is put here for the concrete, whereby the Hebrews were wont to express the superlative degree; and in this happy estate we find the church, Zec 2. per tot. Zec_9:9, &c.; which refers to the coming of Christ; and it is said to be eternal, i.e. for a great while; it being an hyperbolical expression, frequent with the Hebrews, who express a long time by eternity.
A joy of many generations; the church’s happiness should be, the rejoicing and comfort of succeeding generations; she would be the matter of their great rejoicing; a metonymy of the object.