Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
hanged . . . by their hand—a piece of wanton cruelty invented by the Chaldeans. GROTIUS translates, "Princes were hung by the hand of the enemy"; hanging was a usual mode of execution (Genesis 40:19).
elders—officials (Lamentations 4:16).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Lamentations 5:12:
Isaiah 47:6
Lamentations 4:16
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