Lamentations 5:13

Verse 13. Indecently, like the Sodomites. Hebrew “they made the young men grind” at the mill, in their prison, ( Bible.) as Samson (Judges 16:21) and Sedecias (according to the Septuagint Calmet. 52:11) were forced to do. To grind is often used in a bad sense; but it is not necessary to adopt it here. Calmet. Amama.—The Chaldees treated their captives without pity or shame. Bible.—Wood; burdens, or stumbling-blocks, unless they were crucified; or, “roasted,” if we admit a small alteration in the Hebrew Calmet. 4:10. Calmet.—They were forced to grind naked, and were beaten with staves. Worthington.