Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
(Jeremiah 52:27).
because of great servitude—that is, in a state "of great servitude," endured from the Chaldeans. "Because" is made by VATABLUS indicative of the cause of her captivity; namely, her having "afflicted" and unjustly brought into "servitude" the manumitted bond-servants (Jeremiah 34:8-22). MAURER explains it, "Judah has left her land (not literally 'gone into captivity') because of the yoke imposed on it by Nebuchadnezzar."
no rest— (Deuteronomy 28:64-65).
overtook her between . . . straits—image from robbers, who in the East intercept travellers at the narrow passes in hilly regions.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Lamentations 1:3:
Ezekiel 3:12
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