Lamentations 1:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Bible Comments

Zion spreadeth forth her hands, [and there is] none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, [that] his adversaries [should be] around him: Jerusalem is (r) as a menstruous woman among them.

(r) Who because of her pollution was separate from her husband, (Leviticus 15:19) and was abhorred for the time.

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.