Lam 2:17 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 17. The Lord hath done that] This and the sixteenth verse should be interchanged, to follow the order of the letters in the Hebrew alphabet; as the sixteenth has phe for its acrostic letter, and the seventeenth has ain , which should precede the other in the order of the alphabet.

‏ Lamentations 2:17

Verse 17. The Lord hath done that] This and the sixteenth verse should be interchanged, to follow the order of the letters in the Hebrew alphabet; as the sixteenth has phe for its acrostic letter, and the seventeenth has ain, which should precede the other in the order of the alphabet.