Lecture 11

^4:11^ Caph. The Lord has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger: and he has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has devoured the foundations thereof.

77. Here he weeps over the captivity and destruction of the city.

And first, he presents the destruction;

second, the astonishment at this event, at the kings of the earth would not have believed (Lam 4:12);

third, he gives the reason for the destruction, at for the sins of her prophets (Lam 4:13).

The Lord has accomplished, bringing punishment; he has poured out, on account of its abundance; he has kindled a fire, on account of the kind of punishment, because the city was burned; the foundations—either this is a chance example, or it is said because the houses were destroyed even to their foundations. A fire is kindled in my wrath, and shall burn even to the lowest hell (Deut 32:22).