What is the meaning of "Avlah Yehudah"?
Radak: This refers to destruction, like "Aval Tirosh Umlal Gefen" (Yeshayah 24:7), "Avlah Adamah Ki Shudad Dagan Hovish Tirosh Umlal Yitzhar" (Yo'el 1:10).
Radak citing Targum Yonasan: Those of Beis Yehudah mourned.
What is the meaning of "u'She'areha Umlelu"?
Rashi, Targum Yonasan: Its [Malbim - fortified] cities [were impoverished or desolate].
Radak #1: This is like "Kol She'areha Shomemim" (Eichah 1:4); no one leaves or enters [its gates].
Radak #2: The Chachamim ceased sitting in its gates - "Zekenim mi'Sha'ar Shavasu" (Eichah 5:14).
What is the meaning of "Kadru la'Aretz"?
Radak #1: This is a metaphor (the gates mourned).
Radak #2: The residents of the gates (mourned). This is like "Yeshvu la'Aretz Yidemu" (Eichah 2:10).
Radak citing Targum Yonasan: [They covered their faces with yellow, black] like a pot; [they spread themselves] on the ground 1 .
The Trup (notes) implies that Kadru la'Aretz si one phrase. Yonason explains that Kadru is part of what came before ('black like a pot' is a exaggeration of how yellow their faces were), and la'Aretz is a new matter. (PF)
What is "Tzivchas Yerushalayim"?
Rashi: It is its (Radak - residents') screams. This is like "me'Rosh Harim Yitzvachu" (Yeshayah 42:11). Malbim - Yerushalayim is the capitol. The cities were already destroyed, and now is an additional affliction - rain is withheld.
