Lamentations 2:15-17
The Message
15 Astonished, passersby can’t believe what they see.
They rub their eyes, they shake their heads over Jerusalem.
Is this the city voted “Most Beautiful” and “Best Place to Live”?
16 But now your enemies gape, slack-jawed.
Then they rub their hands in glee: “We’ve got them!
We’ve been waiting for this! Here it is!”
17 God did carry out, item by item, exactly what he said he’d do.
He always said he’d do this. Now he’s done it—torn the place down.
He’s let your enemies walk all over you, declared them world champions!
Lamentations 2:15-17
New International Version
15 All who pass your way
clap their hands at you;(A)
they scoff(B) and shake their heads(C)
at Daughter Jerusalem:(D)
“Is this the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,(E)
the joy of the whole earth?”(F)
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:17 Horn here symbolizes strength.
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