Lamentations 2:15
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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?All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
In other translations
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?All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
Hebrew words
סָפְקוּsafekuthey have clappedH5606עָלַיִךְ'alayikhon youH5921כַּפַּיִםkapayimhandsH3709כָּל־kol-allH3605עֹבְרֵיoerei[those who] pass by ofH5674דֶרֶךְderekh[the] roadH1870שָׁרְקוּsharekuthey have hissedH8319וַיָּנִעוּvaiyani'uand they have shakenH5128רֹאשָׁםroshamhead theirH7218עַל־'al-onH5921בַּתbat[the] daughter ofH1323יְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalimJerusalemH3389הֲזֹאתhazot¿ [is] thisH2063הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892שֶׁיֹּאמְרוּsheiyomeruthat people saidH559כְּלִילַתkelilatperfect ofH3632יֹפִיyofibeautyH3308מָשׂוֹשׂmasosa joyH4885לְכָל־lekholto allH3605הָאָרֶץ׃ סha'aretzthe earthH776
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 18:16To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
- Psalm 48:2Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
- Jeremiah 19:8And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
- Ezekiel 25:6For thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt,
- Psalm 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
- Zephaniah 2:15This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
- Psalm 22:7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
- Matthew 27:39And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
- Isaiah 37:22This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
- Isaiah 64:11Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
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