Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Lamentations 4:19
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Lamentations4:19
19. The last times just before the taking of the city. There was no place of escape; the foe intercepted those wishing to escape from the famine-stricken city, "on the mountains and in the wilderness."
swifter ... than ... eagles--the Chaldean cavalry (Jr 4:13).
pursued--literally, "to be hot"; then, "to pursue hotly" (Ge 31:36). Thus they pursued and overtook Zedekiah (Jr 52:8, 9).
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