Commentary for Lamentations 2:1
אֵיכָה֩ יָעִ֨יב בְּאַפּ֤וֹ ׀ אֲדֹנָי֙ אֶת־בַּת־צִיּ֔וֹן הִשְׁלִ֤יךְ מִשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ אֶ֔רֶץ תִּפְאֶ֖רֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֹא־זָכַ֥ר הֲדֹם־רַגְלָ֖יו בְּי֥וֹם אַפּֽוֹ׃ (ס)
How hath the Lord covered with a cloud The daughter of Zion in His anger! He hath cast down from heaven unto the earth The beauty of Israel, And hath not remembered His footstool In the day of His anger.
Rashi on Lamentations
How can it be that…cast a gloom. Bring darkness,1Alternatively, ‘has raised up to the clouds.’ (Ibn Ezra) as Scripture states, “the heavens had become darkened with clouds.”2I Melochim 18:45.
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Rashi on Lamentations
From heaven to earth. After He lifted them up to heaven, He cast them to earth all at once, and not gradually;3Otherwise Scripture should have stated לארץ, instead of ארץ, the latter expression indicates that it was done in one instant. (Sifsei Chachomim) from a lofty roof to a deep pit.
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His footstool. His footstool, referring to the Beis Hamikdosh.4See Targum in Tehilim 99:5.
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