translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: LAM

label: NET study note

text: Chapter continues the use of feminine epithets (e.g., “Daughter Zion”), although initially portraying Jerusalem as an object destroyed by the angered enemy, God.


text: The rhetorical question implies a denial: “No one can heal you!” The following verses, 14-17, present four potential healers – prophets, passersby, enemies, and God.


text: Lifting up the palms or hands is a metaphor for prayer.