The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.
The Lord hath trodden ... Maurer, from Syriac root, translates х cilaah (H5541)], 'cast away.' But Psalms 119:118 supports the English version.
In the midst of me - they fell not on the battlefield, but in the heart of the city; a sign of the divine wrath. He hath called an assembly against me - the collected forces of Babylon: a very different "assembly" from the solemn ones which once met at Jerusalem on the great feasts. The Hebrew х mow`eed (H4150)] means, literally, such a solemn "assembly" or feast (cf. Lamentations 2:22).
The Lord hath trodden the virgin ... as in a winepress - hath forced her blood to burst forth, as the red win from the grapes trodden in the press (Isaiah 63:3; Revelation 14:19-20; Revelation 19:15).
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