Lamentations 5:18
Over the mountain of Sion, because it is made desolate, foxes have walked therein.
LXX2012 (US English)
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: for this our eyes are darkened.
19But you, O Lord, shall dwell for ever; your throne shall endure to generation and generation.
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 74:2When I shall take a set time, I will judge righteously. 1
Isaiah 64:9Be not very angry with us, and remember not our sins + 64:9 The Gr. ἐν καιρῷ is a Hebraism. for ever; but now look on us, for we are all your people.
Jeremiah 9:11And I will remove the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and make it a dwelling-place of dragons; and I will utterly waste the cities of Juda, so that they shall not be inhabited.
Jeremiah 26:9Mount you⌃ the horses, prepare the chariots; go forth, you⌃ warriors of the Ethiopians, and Libyans armed with shields; and mount, you⌃ Lydians, bend the bow.
Jeremiah 44:6And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, 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 →