Lamentations 2:13-15

Good News Translation

¹³ O Jerusalem, beloved Jerusalem, what can I say?
    How can I comfort you? No one has ever suffered like this.
    Your disaster is boundless as the ocean; there is no possible hope.

¹⁴ Your prophets had nothing to tell you but lies;
    Their preaching deceived you by never exposing your sin.
    They made you think you did not need to repent.

¹⁵ People passing by the city look at you in scorn.
    They shake their heads and laugh at Jerusalem's ruins:
    “Is this that lovely city? Is this the pride of the world?”