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Lamentations 5:18 KJV
Lamentations · chapter 5 · verse 18
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.Lamentations 5:18 · King James Version
Lamentations 5:18 in context
16The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
17For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
19Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- mountainhara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- desolateshâmêmto stunH8074 →
- foxesshûwʻâla jackalH7776 →
- ZionTsîyôwnTsijon , a mountain of JerusalemH6726 →
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Here, I. The people of God express the deep concern they had for the ruins of the temple, more than for any other of their calamities; the interests of God's house lay nearer their hearts than those of their own (Lam 5:17, Lam 5:18): For this our heart is faint, and sinks under the load of its own heaviness;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-22