Lamentations 2:15-17

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15} ס Samek

All who pass by
scornfully clap their hands^(A) at you.
They mock^(a)^(B) and shake their heads^(C)
at Daughter Jerusalem:
Is this the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,^(D)
the joy of the whole earth?^(E)

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16} פ Pe

All your enemies
open their mouths against you.^(F)
They hiss and gnash their teeth,^(G)
saying, “We have swallowed her up.^(H)
This is the day we have waited for!
We have lived to see it.”

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17} ע Ayin

The Lord has done what He planned;
He has accomplished His decree,
which He ordained in days of old.
He has demolished without compassion,^(I)
letting the enemy gloat over you
and exalting the horn of your adversaries.

Footnotes:

a. Lamentations 2:15: Lit hiss

Cross references:

A. Lamentations 2:15: Numbers 24:10; Ezekiel 25:6

B. Lamentations 2:15: Jeremiah 19:8

C. Lamentations 2:15: Psalm 22:7; Psalm 109:25; Mark 15:29

D. Lamentations 2:15: Psalm 50:2

E. Lamentations 2:15: Psalm 48:2

F. Lamentations 2:16: Deuteronomy 28:37; Job 16:10; Psalm 22:13

G. Lamentations 2:16: Job 16:9; Psalm 35:16; Psalm 37:12

H. Lamentations 2:16: Lamentations 2:2; Lamentations 2:5; Lamentations 2:8

I. Lamentations 2:17: Ezekiel 7:8-9