Lamentations 2:9

“Her gates are sunk into the ground, etc.] Either the gates of the city or temple, or both; being broke and demolished, and laid level with the ground, and covered with rubbish; for as for the Midrash, or exposition, that Jarchi mentions, that the gates sunk into the earth upon the approach of the enemy, that they might not have power over them, through which the ark passed, is a mere fable of their Rabbins; and equally as absurd is the additional gloss of the Targum, “her gates sunk into the earth, because they sacrificed a hog, and brought of the blood of it to them:” he hath destroyed and broken her bars; with which the gates were bolted and barred, that so the enemy might enter; it was…”

“Her gates cannot oppose the entrance of the foe into the city, for they are sunk under a mass of rubbish and earth. broken . . . bars-- (Jer 51:30). her king . . . among . . . Gentiles-- (Deu 28:36). law . . . no more-- (Ch2 15:3). The civil and religious laws were one under the theocracy. "All the legal ordinances (prophetical as well as priestly) of the theocracy, are no more" (Psa 74:9; Eze 7:26).”

“Her gates are sunk into the ground - So completely destroyed, that one might suppose they had been swallowed up in an abyss. Her king - The prophet’s lamentation, occupied before chiefly with the buildings of the city and temple, now turns to the people, beginning with their temporal rulers. The law is no more - The Jewish Law, the Torah, came to an end when it no longer had a local habitation. Its enactments were essentially those not of a universal religion, but of a national religion, and the restoration of the nation with a material temple was indispensable to its continued existence. It was only when elevated to be a universal religion, by being made spiritual, that it could do without…”

“Among the Gentiles - In miserable captivity. The law - Is no more read, opened or observed. Her prophets - They had but very few prophets, from this time to the time of the gospel, and very few of those at this time alive had any revelation from God. Lamentations 2:10”

“2:9 no more visions: Daniel and Ezekiel were prophets of the Lord who had visions while they lived among the exiles far from the land of Judah (Ezek 1:1; Dan 7:1). This verse refers to prophets in Jerusalem who claimed to have visions that proved to be false.”

“gates: Neh 1:3; Jer 39:2, Jer 39:8, Jer 51:30, Jer 52:14 her king: Lam 1:3, Lam 4:15, Lam 4:20; Deu 28:36; Kg2 24:12-16, Kg2 25:7; Jer 52:8, Jer 52:9; Eze 12:13; Eze 17:20 the law: Ch2 15:3; Eze 7:26; Hos 3:4 her prophets: Psa 74:9; Amo 8:11, Amo 8:12; Mic 3:6, Mic 3:7 Lamentations 2:10”