Klagelieder 5:18

18 Wegen des Berges Zion, der verwüstet ist; Füchse streifen auf ihm umher.

Klagelieder 5:18 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 5:18

Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate
Meaning either the city of Jerusalem in general, or the temple in particular, which both lay in ruins: but the latter gave the truly godly the greatest concern; that the seat of divine Majesty should be in such a condition; that the public exercises of religion should cease, and there be no more opportunities of waiting upon God, and worshipping him as heretofore; their civil interest, and the loss of that did not so much affect them as the interest of religion, and what that suffered: the foxes walk upon it:
as they do in desolate places, shunning the company of men; but here they walked in common, and as freely as in the woods and deserts: this was fulfilled in the destruction of the second temple, as well as the first. R. Akiba F3 and his companions were walking together; they saw a fox come out of the holy of holies; they wept, but he laughed or rejoiced; they wept, that in the place where the stranger that drew near should die, now foxes walked upon it; he laughed or rejoiced, because, as this prophecy was fulfilled, so would others that predicted good things.


FOOTNOTES:

F3 T. Bab. Maccot, fol. 24. 1. 2.

Klagelieder 5:18 In-Context

16 Gefallen ist die Krone unseres Hauptes. Wehe uns! Denn wir haben gesündigt.
17 Darum ist unser Herz siech geworden, um dieser Dinge willen sind unsere Augen verdunkelt:
18 Wegen des Berges Zion, der verwüstet ist; Füchse streifen auf ihm umher.
19 Du, Jehova, thronst in Ewigkeit; dein Thron ist von Geschlecht zu Geschlecht.
20 Warum willst du uns für immer vergessen, uns verlassen auf immerdar?
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