Lament] O thou Jerusalem or Judah, mourn grievously. like a virgin] Espoused, and not yet had hoe: or presently after her espousals. for the husband of her youth] Mourn grievously, as a woman which hath lost her husband, to whom she hath been married in her youth: Or her young husband, as elsewhere it is said, a wife of youth, for a young wife. See Proverbs 5:18. Isaiah 54:6. Malachi 2:15. Others say, by husband is meant one that hath espoused a maid, and died before he came in unto her; or soon after the wedding; because here is speech of the virgins mourning.