George Leo Haydock, on Lam 1:15

“Samech. The Lord hath taken away all my mighty men out of the midst of me: he hath called against me the time, to destroy my chosen men: the Lord hath trodden the winepress for the virgin daughter of Juda.”

“Mighty. Hebrew, “magnificent” princes, (Luke xxii. 25.) or warriors. — Time of vengeance. All is animated. Hebrew also, “a troop” of Chaldeans, chap. ii. 22. — Juda. God, as the first cause, punishes the Jews by war.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.