בִּלַּ֨ע אֲדֹנָ֜י לא [וְלֹ֣א] חָמַ֗ל אֵ֚ת כָּל־נְא֣וֹת יַעֲקֹ֔ב הָרַ֧ס בְּעֶבְרָת֛וֹ מִבְצְרֵ֥י בַת־יְהוּדָ֖ה הִגִּ֣יעַ לָאָ֑רֶץ חִלֵּ֥ל מַמְלָכָ֖ה וְשָׂרֶֽיהָ׃ (ס)
The Lord hath swallowed up unsparingly All the habitations of Jacob; He hath thrown down in His wrath The strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He hath brought them down to the ground; He hath profaned the kingdom and the princes thereof.
Rashi on Lamentations
[Every] residence of Yaakov. The houses of Yaakov,5Referring to the exile of the ten tribes; and ‘the fortifications of the province of Yehudah’ refers to the exile of the Dovidic dynasty, and thereby ‘He desecrated the kingdom, etc.’ an expression of a dwelling place.6From the root נוה; referring to the 480 learning institutions in Yerusholayim. (Eichah Rabbah 2:4)
Rashi on Lamentations
Razing them to the ground. He lowered them to the ground.
Rashi on Lamentations
He has desecrated the kingdom and its princes. These are the Israelites, who were called, “a kingdom of kohanim.”7Shemos 19:6.