예레미야애가 1:12 해설: Tze'enah Ure'enah & Rashi

“May it not befall you” [1:12]. The city of Jerusalem says to all who pass by and travel through. A trouble like that which has befallen me should not happen to you. See what happened to me when God made me mournful on the day of his wrath.

May this not happen to you. Such a calamity should not happen to all those who transgress the law.⁴³עוברי דרך is translated thus, ‘those who transgress [עוברי] the way [דרך] of the Torah.’ The Sages said, that from here it is derived that to [publicly] complain about one’s troubles has a basis in Scripture, [for Scripture states here,] “see what He did to me” [and] “Notice, see, etc.”⁴⁴Maseches Sanhedrin 104b.

That has been visited upon me. That was done to me.

When Adonoy brought grief. Upon me on the day He vented His wrath. This הוֹגָה too is an expression of grief.⁴⁵Alternatively, הגה is an expression of speech; the phrase meaning, ‘that God had spoken [through His prophets].’