Lamentations 2:18

"Their" has no antecedent, and the beginning of the v. is evidently corrupt in its harsh combination of assertion and exhortation, although the corruption, supported as it is by LXX and Syr. (so Vulg.), must be of long standing. The best emendation seems to be that of Ewald, who has the imperative Cry(ẓa-ăḳi) for "cried" (ẓâ-aḳ). We may continue with thy heart, or by a more drastic change, with thy voice. In any case "Zion" will end the first of the three lines. For the personification of "wall" see on Lamentations 2:8. While this application of metaphor goes far beyond Western habits of thought, we must yet recognise the power of the memories clinging to old walls, e.g. in Chester, in Venice, etc. See Adeney, op. cit. p. 172.

apple pupil. Cp. Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalms 17:8.