Lamentations 2:15-17

English Standard Version

¹⁵ All who pass along the way
    clap their hands at you;
^(A)they hiss and wag their heads
    at the daughter of Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that was called
    ^(B)the perfection of beauty,
    ^(C)the joy of all the earth?”

^16 (D)All your enemies
    rail against you;
they hiss, they gnash their teeth,
    they cry: “We ^(E)have swallowed her!
Ah, this is the day we longed for;
    now we have it; ^(F)we see it!”

¹⁷ The Lord has done what he purposed;
    he has carried out ^(G)his word,
which he commanded ^(H)long ago;
    ^(I)he has thrown down ^(J)without pity;
^(K)he has made the enemy rejoice over you
    and exalted the ^(L)might of your foes.