The Bible

 

Lamentations 1:1

Study

   

1 Aleph. How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people! how is the mistress of the Gentiles become as a widow: the princes of provinces made tributary!

Commentary

 

Cities of Judah

  

In Isaiah 40:9 and Psalm 69:35, this signifies the doctrine of love of the Lord and the neighbor in its entirety as well as the doctrine of the celestial church. (Apocalypse Explained 342, 850[5])