The theme of Lamentations 1:1–22 is introduced in the first verse: the once noble city is depicted as a mourning widow and a slave. The author laments Jerusalem's fall and its desolate condition.1
The theme of Lamentations 1:1–22 is introduced in the first verse: the once noble city is depicted as a mourning widow and a slave. The author laments Jerusalem's fall and its desolate condition.1
1 Eh quoi! elle est assise solitaire, cette ville si peuplée! Elle est semblable à une veuve! Grande entre les nations, souveraine parmi les Etats, Elle est réduite à la servitude!