Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. The foxes walk upon it - Foxes are very numerous in Palestine, see on Judges 15:4 (note). It was usual among the Hebrews to consider all desolated land to be the resort of wild beasts; which is, in fact, the case every where when the inhabitants are removed from a country.
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Lamentations 5:18
18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.