Lamentations 2:2

2. The Lord… hath not pitied Such a clause as this illustrates one characteristic feature of the Hebrew language, which, having few adjectives and adverbs, resorts to various expedients to supply the deficiency. Here a sentence is used for an adverb, the whole being equivalent to some such word as unsparingly or unpityingly.

Habitations of Jacob The word rendered “habitations,” means the places where the shepherds stay, and so includes not only dwellings but especially pasture grounds. These are swallowed up, or destroyed, showing that the ruin spreads from Jerusalem into the whole country round about.

Polluted Reduced it from its high and distinguishing glory to be a common and unclean thing.