HOw doth the citie sit solitarie] Jerusalem, lately so potent, so populous: whose destruction and desolation the Prophet here lamenteth.
as a widow] Chap. 5. 3. Jeremiah 51:5.
princesse among the provinces] That had a prime place among them: or, command over others of them, Jeremiah 50:12.
how is she become tributarie] First to Egypt, 2 King. 23. 33, 35. and after to Babylon, 2 Kings 24:1.