Lamentations 1:13 meaning and explanation

He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.

Lamentations 1:13, Berean Standard Bible

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In this verse Jerusalem speaks as a woman grieving the city's destruction in 587 BC. She describes her suffering as God's own action: fire sent from on high, a net spread for her feet, being turned back, left desolate and faint all day.

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