Yahweh has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured the foundations of it.
"A fire in Zion ... hath destroyed the foundations thereof"  (Lamentations 4:11).  The foundations which were destroyed were not those of the 'righteous remnant of the people' who were among the captives in Babylon. The foundations which were destroyed were those of the "sinful kingdom" (Amos 9:8), the monarchy that was never God's will but a concession to the Chosen People who wanted to be like the nations around them  (1 Samuel 8:7). God said, "I gave them a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath"  (Hosea 13:11); and this verse tells how it was done.