The Pulpit Commentary on Lamentations 2:7

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Her palaces; i.e. those of the daughter of Zion, especially "high buildings'' (this is the true meaning of 'armōn) of the temple. They have made a noise, etc. Comp. Psalms 74:3, "Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy place of meeting."

The passages are parallel, though, whether the calamities referred to are the same in both, cannot a priori be determined. The shouts of triumph of the foe are likened to the festal shouts of the temple worshippers (comp.

Isaiah 30:29; Amos 5:24).

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