And all the army of the Chaldees, that [were with] the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Ver. 10. And all the army of the Chaldees.] Hic lege, et luge. Those of the captivity bewailed the destruction of Jerusalem by an annual fast. Zec 7:5 Psa 137:1-9 The Jews at this day, when they build a house, leave one part of it unfinished, in remembrance that Jerusalem and the temple lie desolate. At least they leave about a yard square of the house unplastered, on which they write in great letters, Si oblitus fuero, Ierusalem, "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning"; or else these words, Zecher lechorban, The memory of the desolation. a
a Leo Modena.