John Trapp on Lamentations 2:20

Ver. 20. Behold, O Lord, and conſider to whom thou haſt done this] Even to thine own inheritances, who ſuffer harder and heavier things commonly then any others: And why? Ingentia beneficia, ingentia flagitia, ingentia ſupplicia, their offences are increaſed, their puniſhments are aggravated by their obligations.

Shall the women eat their fruit, children of a ſpan-long? 2 King. 6. Joſeph. de bel. l. 7. cap. 8.] That they did ſo in the ſiege of Jeruſalem by the Chaldees, it appeareth by this queſtion. In the famine of Samaria under Joram they did likewiſe: as alſo at the laſt deſtruction of Jeruſalem by the Romans: and at the ſiege of Sancerra in France, Anno 1572. See the ſad effects of ſin, and ſhun it, if but for the ill conſequents of it.

Shall the Prieſt and the Prophet be ſlain in the Sanctuary of the Lord?] It ſeems they were ſo, (but who they were we read not) although God had cautioned, Touch not mine annointed and do my Prophets no harm. Prieſts were ſlaughtered, where they uſed to ſlaughter beaſts for ſacrifices: but it may be they were nothing better then Thomas Becket the devils Martyr here,Act. & Mon. and Adam Beton that butcherly Archbiſhop in Scotland, who when himſelf was butchered, cryed out Kill me not, for I am a Prieſt.