ר֤וּחַ אַפֵּ֙ינוּ֙ מְשִׁ֣יחַ יְהוָ֔ה נִלְכַּ֖ד בִּשְׁחִיתוֹתָ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֔רְנוּ בְּצִלּ֖וֹ נִֽחְיֶ֥ה בַגּוֹיִֽם׃ (ס)
Celui qui était pour nous un principe de vie, l’oint de l’Éternel, a été pris dans leurs chausse-trapes, lui dont nous disions: "A son ombre, nous vivrons au milieu des peuples!"
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“The breath of our nostrils” [4:20]. The spirit of our Messiah; this is king Josiah who was subdued in their pits. We said that because of his merit, we were protected from the hands of the enemy.26Rashi, Lamentations, 4:20.
Rashi
Adonoy’s anointed. That is Yoshiyahu, as it is stated in Divrei Hayomim, “And Yirmiyahu lamented over Yoshiyahu.”28II Divrei Hayomim 35:25. See Maseches Ta’anis 22b. Alternatively, ‘Adonoy’s appointed’ refers to Tzidkiyahu king of Yehudah who was blinded and carried off to Bavel in chains by the people of Kasdim.