Les Lamentations 2:4 Commentaire : Tze'enah Ure'enah & Rashi

דָּרַ֨ךְ קַשְׁתּ֜וֹ כְּאוֹיֵ֗ב נִצָּ֤ב יְמִינוֹ֙ כְּצָ֔ר וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֔ג כֹּ֖ל מַחֲמַדֵּי־עָ֑יִן בְּאֹ֙הֶל֙ בַּת־צִיּ֔וֹן שָׁפַ֥ךְ כָּאֵ֖שׁ חֲמָתֽוֹ׃ (ס)

Il a bandé son arc comme un ennemi, brandi sa droite comme un adversaire; il a fait périr tous ceux qui étaient un délice pour les yeux; dans la tente de la fille de Sion il a déversé comme un feu son courroux.

Tze'enah Ure'enah

“He pulled” [2:4]. He pulled his bow very strongly. The enemy placed his right hand, like an enemy, and he destroyed everything desirable to the eye in the city of Zion. He poured out his wrath like a fire.

Rashi

He arched His bow. Because this is the manner of archers who are strong, to place their foot upon them [bows] when he bends them; therefore it is written as an expression of treading [=דְּרִיכָה.10At first He merely arched his bow to scare them so that they repent.

Rashi

He poured his fury like fire. The arrangement of the words is as follows: He poured His fury, which is like fire, for we do not find the “pouring” of fire except in conjunction with fury as it is written, “Pour Your fury upon the nations.”11Tehilim 79:6.