פירוש על איכה 3:54

The waters rose, etc. When a person is in water up to his waist, there still is hope, but if the water rises over his head, he then says, “My hope is gone,” but I do not do this, rather “I called out, etc.”

The waters rose. The nations of the world.⁴¹I.e., ‘Water’ is an allegory referring to the nations of the world.