Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Lamentations 2:18
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Lamentations2:18
18. wall--(La 2:8). Personified. "Their heart," that is, the Jews'; while their heart is lifted up to the Lord in prayer, their speech is addressed to the "wall" (the part being put for the whole city).
let tears, &c.--(Jr 14:17). The wall is called on to weep for its own ruin and that of the city. Compare the similar personification (La 1:4).
apple--the pupil of the eye (Psa 17:8).
Koph.
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