Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Lamentations 1:3
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Lamentations1:3
3. (Jr 52:27).
because of great servitude--that is, in a state "of great servitude," endured from the Chaldeans. "Because" is made by Vatablus indicative of the cause of her captivity; namely, her having "afflicted" and unjustly brought into "servitude" the manumitted bond-servants (Jr 34:8-22). Maurer explains it, "Judah has left her land (not literally 'gone into captivity') because of the yoke imposed on it by Nebuchadnezzar."
no rest--(De 28:64, 65).
overtook her between ... straits--image from robbers, who in the East intercept travellers at the narrow passes in hilly regions.
Daleth.
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