Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
The sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets - (Lamentations 2:19; Lamentations 4:1.)
As a wild bull in a net - rather, the oryx (Jerome), or a gazelle (Gesenius), or wild goat (Bochart); commonly in the East taken in a net, of a wide sweep, whereinto the beasts were hunted together. The streets of cities in the East often have gates, which are closed at night: a person wishing to escape would be stopped by them and caught, as a wild animal in a net.