Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Lamentations 1:11

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Lamentations1:11

11. (Jr 37:21; 38:9; 52:6).

given ... pleasant things for meat--(2Ki 6:25; Job 2:4).

relieve ... soul--literally, "to cause the soul or life to return."

for I am become vile--Her sins and consequent sorrows are made the plea in craving God's mercy. Compare the like plea in Psa 25:11.

Lamed.

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