inhabitants (13:34; Matt. 23:37). The verb which is applied to children in Ps. 137:9 does not occur again in the N.T. The siege began at the Passover, and hence it is said that nearly 3,000,000 Jews were crowded into the city. οὐκ ἀφήσουσιν λίθον κ.τ.λ. The subsequent attempt of the Jews to rebuild the Temple was frustrated by the outburst of subterranean fires. See Gibbon, ch. 23. II. 309 (ed. Milman). Comp. Mic. 3:12. τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς σου. See Is. 29:2–4; Hos. 10:14, 15. For the word ‘visitation’