Lamentations 5:18 meaning and explanation

because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.

Lamentations 5:18, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is the grieving community of Jerusalem near the end of a long prayer, looking back on the Babylonian destruction of the city and its temple. Mount Zion was the hill God had chosen for His dwelling, and now it lies desolate, with foxes roaming its ruins.

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