Matthew Poole and continuators on Lamentations 1:21

21 They have heard that I sigh , there is none to comfort me : all min[illegible: 1 letter] enemies have heard of my trouble, they are glad that thou hast done it : thou wilt bring the day tha[illegible: 1 letter] thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me .

The Nations contiguous to me Egypt, &c. those that before courted me, as pretended Friends haven been no strangers to my bitter afflictions, that have brought forth sighs from me.

But there is none of them can or will comfort me, but give me over as in a desperate case.

The Edomites, Obad. 1. &c. and Moabites and other heathen Nations with whom I have had hostility, they are glad at the great misery that hath befallen me.

But thou hast declared thy pleasure for [illegible: 1 letter]heir destruction also and hast by me proclaimed it, Ier. 49. and 50. and thou shalt in that day bring them into as sad a condition as the Church of the Jews are now in. As they seldom in themselves feel those miseries, which they have felt and compassionated in others: so men hardly escape their own sha[illegible: 1 letter]e at last in those evils which they have rejoyced to see brought upon Gods people.

Marginal references: Isa. 13. &c. Jer. 46. &c.; Or, proclaimed.