Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
The last times just before the taking of the city. There was no place of escape; the foe intercepted those wishing to escape from the famine-stricken city, "on the mountains and in the wilderness."
swifter . . . than . . . eagles—the Chaldean cavalry (Jeremiah 4:13).
pursued—literally, "to be hot"; then, "to pursue hotly" (Genesis 31:36). Thus they pursued and overtook Zedekiah (Jeremiah 52:8-9).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Lamentations 4:19:
Daniel 7:4
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