Lamentations 5:18
Over the mountain of Zion, because it is made desolate, 1 Foxes have walked therein. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
In Context
17For this has grief come; our heart is sorrowful: 1 For this our eyes are darkened. 1
19But thou, O Lord, shalt dwell forever; 1 Thy throne shall endure to generation and generation. 1
Cross References
1 Kings 9:7then will I cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and this house which I have consecrated to my name I will cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a desolation and a byword to all nations.
Psalms 74:2We will give thanks to thee, O God, 1 We will give thanks, and call upon thy name: 1 I will declare all thy wonderful works. 1
Isaiah 64:9The city of thy holiness has become desolate, Zion has become as a wilderness, Jerusalem a curse.
Jeremiah 9:11Who is the wise man, that he may understand this? and he that has the word of the mouth of the Lord addressed to him, let him tell you wherefore the land has been destroyed, has been ravaged by fire like a desert, so that no one passes through it.
Jeremiah 26:9Mount ye the horses, prepare the chariots; go forth, ye warriors of the Ethiopians, and Libyans armed with shields; and mount, ye Lydians, bend the bow.
Jeremiah 44:6And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 5:18-22
Unchangeableness of God; Prayer for Mercy and Grace. ( b. c. 588.) 17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim. 18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. 19 Thou, O Lord , remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. 20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? 21 Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord , and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. 22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against… Read the whole commentary →