swallowed up: i.e. as by an earthquake.
habitations. the open villages of the shepherds, in contrast with the strongholds of the next lines.
Related Commentaries of Lamentations 2:2
Lamentations 2:2
2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them downa to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.