Midrash su Geremia 9:18

Rabbi Yitzḥak began: “For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: How have we been plundered?” (Jeremiah 9:18) – is there wood that cries, are there stones that cry, that it says: “The sound of wailing is heard from Zion”? Rather, it was from the One who rests His Divine Presence in Zion. “How have we been plundered?” – how is it that plunderers have come upon us? “We are greatly ashamed, for we abandoned the land” (Jeremiah 9:18) – this is the Land of Israel, as it is written: “A land that the Lord your God seeks” (Deuteronomy 11:12). “And they have cast down our dwellings” (Jeremiah 9:18) – these are the synagogues and the study halls.
Another matter: “We are greatly ashamed, for we abandoned the land [aretz]” – these are the words of Torah, just as it says: “Its measure is longer than the earth [eretz]” (Job 11:9).²¹This verse is understood as referring to the Torah. “And they have cast down our dwellings” – these are the synagogues and the study halls.
Another matter: “We are greatly ashamed, for we abandoned the land [aretz]” – this is the Temple, just as it says: “From the foundation in the ground [haaretz] to the lower ledge” (Ezekiel 43:14).²²This is a reference to the Temple. “And they have cast down our dwellings” – through the destruction of the First Temple and the destruction of the Second Temple. When they sinned they were exiled. When they were exiled, Jeremiah began lamenting over them, eikha.