Lamentations 1:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Zion spreadeth forth her hands... — The normal attitude of Eastern prayer, or, perhaps, of lamentation and despair.

That his adversaries... — Better, that those round about him should be his adversaries, the nearest neighbours being the bitterest foes.

Jerusalem is as... — The image is the same as in Lamentations 1:8, and might be rendered as one polluted, or as an abomination.

Lamentations 1:17

17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.