Judah... Jerusalem. Country and city.
gates. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for the people assembling there.
are black. sit in black. Compare Jeremiah 8:21; Jeremiah 13:18; Job 2:8; Job 2:13.Isaiah 3:26; Isaiah 15:3.Psalms 35:14.
Judah... Jerusalem. Country and city.
gates. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for the people assembling there.
are black. sit in black. Compare Jeremiah 8:21; Jeremiah 13:18; Job 2:8; Job 2:13.Isaiah 3:26; Isaiah 15:3.Psalms 35:14.
2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.