How doth (a) the city sit desolate, [that was] full of people! [how] is she become as a widow! she [that was] great among the nations, (b) [and] princess among the provinces, [how] is she become a slave!
(a) The prophet wonders at the great judgment of God, seeing Jerusalem, which was so strong and so full of people, to be now destroyed and desolate.
(b) Who had chief rule over many provinces and countries.