George Leo Haydock, on Lam 2:1

“Aleph. How hath the Lord covered with obscurity the daughter of Sion in his wrath! how hath he cast down from heaven to the earth the glorious one of Israel, and hath not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger!”

“Obscurity. He continues to bewail the misery of Jerusalem. — Heaven, the highest glory, Isaias xiv. 12. — Stool; the temple, and the land. The ark fell not into the hands of the enemy. (Calmet) — The punishment which the Lord permits, is justly ascribed to Him. (Worthington)”

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