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Lamentations 2:15

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?”

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ASV

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?

KJV

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?

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
סָֽפְק֨וּsa.fe.Kuthey have clappedH5606 →
עָלַ֤יִךְ'a.La.yikhon youH5921 →
כַּפַּ֙יִם֙ka.Pa.yimhandsH3709 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
עֹ֣בְרֵיoe.rei[those who] pass by ofH5674 →
דֶ֔רֶךְDe.rekh[the] roadH1870 →
שָֽׁרְקוּ֙sha.re.Kuthey have hissedH8319 →
וַיָּנִ֣עוּvai.ya.Ni.'uand they have shakenH5128 →
רֹאשָׁ֔םro.Shamhead theirH7218 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
בַּ֖תbat[the] daughter ofH1323 →
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389 →
הֲזֹ֣אתha.Zot¿ [is] thisH2063 →
הָעִ֗ירha.'Irthe cityH5892 →
שֶׁיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙shei.yo.me.Ruthat people saidH559 →
כְּלִ֣ילַתke.Li.latperfect ofH3632 →
יֹ֔פִיYo.fibeautyH3308 →
מָשׂ֖וֹשׂma.Sosa joyH4885 →
לְכָל־le.kholto allH3605 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ סha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →

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Ezekiel 16:14Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect in the splendor I bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD.Jeremiah 18:16They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.Psalms 48:2Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.Job 27:23It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.Psalms 30:1I will exalt You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up and have not allowed my foes to rejoice over me.Jeremiah 30:17But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”Jeremiah 19:8I 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.Psalms 50:2From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.Ezekiel 25:6For 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,Lamentations 1:21People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.Isaiah 28:21For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.Job 16:4I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.Zephaniah 2:15This 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.Matthew 27:39And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their headsPsalms 22:7All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:Isaiah 64:11Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.Isaiah 37:22this 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.Lamentations 5:1Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!

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People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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