Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Lamentations 2:18
wall— (Lamentations 2:8). Personified. "Their heart," that is, the Jews'; while their heart is lifted up to the Lord in prayer, their speech is addressed to the "wall" (the part being put for the whole city).
let tears, etc.— (Jeremiah 14:17). The wall is called on to weep for its own ruin and that of the city. Compare the similar personification (Lamentations 1:4).
apple—the pupil of the eye (Psalms 17:8).
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