out of a rod of her branches] Namely, out of Zedekiah, who through his perfidiousnesse, and rebellion against Nebuchadnezzar, shall be the cause of the last desolation, 2 Chron. 36. 13. So that none of Judahs Kings were strong, nor after should be, till Christ came, to whom the Kingdome did belong.
and shall be for a lamentation] Not onely at the present time, but in after ages likewise.