Lamentations 5:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

Ver. 13. They took the young men to grind,] i.e., To do any base and abject business. Exodus 11:5 ; Exo 12:29 Frustra enim hic Hieronymus et alii Sodomiticum quid cogitant.

And the children fell under the wood.] Being not able to stand under such unreasonable burdens as were laid upon their backs.

Lamentations 5:13

13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.