Lamentations 2:13-15

Contemporary English Version

¹³ Zion, how can I comfort you?
    How great is your pain?^[a]
Lovely city of Jerusalem,
how can I heal your wounds,
    gaping as wide as the sea?
¹⁴ Your prophets deceived you
with false visions
    and lying messages—
they should have warned you
to leave your sins
    and be saved from disaster.
¹⁵ Those who pass by
shake their heads and sneer
    as they make fun and shout,
“What a lovely city you were,
the happiest on earth,
    but look at you now!”