Lamentations 5:18 (DRB)

Passage

For mount Sion, because it is destroyed, foxes have walked upon it.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 5:16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, because we have sinned.

Lamentations 5:17 Therefore is our heart sorrowful, therefore are our eyes become dim.

Lamentations 5:18 For mount Sion, because it is destroyed, foxes have walked upon it.

Lamentations 5:19 But thou, O Lord, shalt remain for ever, thy throne from generation to generation.

Lamentations 5:20 Why wilt thou forget us for ever? why wilt thou forsake us for a long time?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mount", "sion", "destroyed", "foxes", "walked", and "upon". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mount" and "sion", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "Therefore is our heart sorrowful therefore are..." into verse 19's "But thou O Lord shalt remain for...", so "mount" and "sion" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "mount" and "sion" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.