The affliction into which people fall is now evaluated. First, the people's captivity itself is reckoned: "I have been hunted like a bird." That is, as if by cunning enemies, operating with powers.
Second, the imprisonment of the captives is explained: "They flung me alive into the pit." That is, my life into a prison of captivity. For, Psalm 88:6 states: "Thou hast put me in the depths of the Pit, in the regions dark and deep."
Second, the imprisonment of the captives is explained: "They flung me alive into the pit." That is, my life into a prison of captivity. For, Psalm 88:6 states: "Thou hast put me in the depths of the Pit, in the regions dark and deep."
Source: Commentary on Lamentations