Lamentations 4:20

The breath of our nostrils, &c.— That is to say, Our king; namely Zedekiah, whose flight the Chaldean soldiers intercepted, and on whose account the captive Jews hoped that their servitude would be lighter. So long as he was safe they might hope to preserve some face of religion and government. Calmet observes, that nothing can be more applicable than these words to our Lord Jesus Christ. This divine Saviour, the source of our life, the Lord and Master of the universe, the object of our love, and the Anointed of the Father, voluntarily delivered up himself for our sins; and has delivered us from death by the price of his life and blood.