Matthew Poole and continuators on Lamentations 2:13

13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea; who can heal thee ?

The sum of this verse is, That the miserable condition of the people was both incomparable and incurable. There was no people whose miserable condition was in any degree parallel to the misery of the Iews. It is some comfort to persons in misery to consider, that others are, and have been as miserable as they, but the Prophet had not this Topick from whence to fetch an argument of comfort to the Iews, there were none to whom he could liken them, nor was there any present cure for them, their breach was like a Sea-breach where the waters come in with such a torrent, that while the Tide abates there is no making any bank or defence against them.