Lam 2:11-13 | JFB | STEP | 11. liver is poured, &c.-- that is, as the liver was thought to be the seat of the passions, "all my feelings are poured out and prostrated for," &c. The "liver," is here put for the bile ("gall," ; "bowels," ) in a bladder on the surface of the liver, copiously discharged when the passions are agitated. swoon-- through faintness from the effects of hunger. Lamed.

‏ Lamentations 2:11-13

11. liver is poured, &c.--that is, as the liver was thought to be the seat of the passions, "all my feelings are poured out and prostrated for," &c. The "liver," is here put for the bile ("gall," Job 16:13; "bowels," Psa 22:14) in a bladder on the surface of the liver, copiously discharged when the passions are agitated.

swoon--through faintness from the effects of hunger.

Lamed.

12. as the wounded--famine being as deadly as the sword (Jr 52:6).

soul ... poured ... into ... mothers bosom--Instinctively turning to their mother's bosom, but finding no milk there, they breathe out their life as it were "into her bosom."

Mem.

13. What thing shall I take to witness--What can I bring forward as a witness, or instance, to prove that others have sustained as grievous ills as thou? I cannot console thee as mourners are often consoled by showing that thy lot is only what others, too, suffer. The "sea" affords the only suitable emblem of thy woes, by its boundless extent and depth (La 1:12; Da 9:12).

Nun.