Lamentations 1:15
1:15 a his beloved city: God had given special care to Jerusalem, like a father protecting his daughter. But her sins had been persistent, and her punishment was horrible.• like grapes ... trampled in a winepress: This common procedure for extracting juice from grapes is used vividly in Isa 63:3 b to show the horrors of punishment. In Rev 14:18-20 c; 19:15 d, the image graphically represents universal judgment.
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