This is the word the Lord has spoken against him: Virgin Daughter Zion despises you and scorns you; Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head behind your back.
Lamentations 2:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised All who pass by scornfully clap their hands at you. They hiss and shake their heads at Daughter Jerusalem: Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 All that pass by clap Their hands at thee; They hiss and wag their head At the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition All who pass by clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city which was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth? American Standard Version (1901) All that pass by clap their hands at thee; They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? Common English Bible All who pass by on the road clap their hands about you; they whistle, shaking their heads at Daughter Jerusalem: “Could this be the city called Perfect Beauty, the Joy of All the Earth?” Catholic Public Domain Version SAMECH. All those who passed by the way have clapped their hands over you. They have hissed and shook their heads over the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, "Is this the city of perfect dignity, the joy of all the earth?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Samech. All they that passed by the way have clapped their hands at thee: they have hissed and wagged their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying: Is this the city of perfect beauty, the joy of all the earth? |
This is the word the Lord has spoken against him: Virgin Daughter Zion despises you and scorns you; Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head behind your back.
As for this temple, which was exalted, everyone who passes by will be appalled and will say, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’
For the Lord will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim. He will rise in wrath, as at the Valley of Gibeon, to do his work, his unexpected work, and to perform his task, his unfamiliar task.
this is the word the Lord has spoken against him: Virgin Daughter Zion despises you and scorns you; Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head behind your back.
Our holy and beautiful temple, where our ancestors praised you, has been burned down, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
They have made their land a horror, a perpetual object of scorn; , all who pass by it will be appalled and shake their heads.
I will make this city desolate, an object of scorn. Everyone who passes by it will be appalled and scoff because of all its wounds.
Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah, its kings and its officials, to make them a desolate ruin, an example for scorn and cursing #– #as it is today;
I am going to send for all the families of the north” #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #”and send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will completely destroy them and make them an example of horror and scorn, and ruins for ever.
I will make this temple like Shiloh. I will make this city an example for cursing for all the nations of the earth.” ’
I will pursue them with sword, famine, and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth #– #a curse and a desolation, an object of scorn and a disgrace among all the nations where I have banished them.
Wasn’t Israel a laughing-stock to you? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.’
Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a jackals’ den, a desolation and an object of scorn, without inhabitant.
People have heard me groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my misfortune; they are glad that you have caused it. Bring on the day you have announced, so that they may become like me.
Jerusalem has sinned grievously; therefore, she has become an object of scorn. All who honoured her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness. She herself groans and turns away.
All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, ‘We have swallowed her up. This is the day we have waited for! We have lived to see it.’
He has wrecked his temple as if it were merely a shack in a field, destroying his place of meeting. The Lord has abolished appointed festivals and Sabbaths in Zion. He has despised king and priest in his fierce anger.
So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was made of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You became extremely beautiful and attained royalty.
Your fame spread among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through my splendour, which I had bestowed on you. This is the declaration of the Lord God.
This is what the Lord God says: ‘You will drink your sister’s cup, which is deep and wide. You will be an object of ridicule and scorn, for it holds so much.
‘ “For this is what the Lord God says: Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced over the land of Israel with wholehearted contempt,
So you will be a disgrace and a taunt, a warning and a horror, to the nations around you when I execute judgements against you in anger, wrath, and furious rebukes. I, the Lord, have spoken.
Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts, may your anger and wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people have become an object of ridicule to all those around us.
The statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house have been observed; you have followed their policies. Therefore, I will make you a desolate place and the city’s residents an object of contempt; , you will bear the scorn of my people.’ ,
There is no remedy for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news about you will clap their hands because of you, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?
This is the jubilant city that lives in security, that says to herself: I exist, and there is no one else. What a desolation she has become, a place for wild animals to lie down! Everyone who passes by her scoffs and shakes his fist.
Those who passed by were yelling insults at him, shaking their heads, and saying, ‘Ha! The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,