Lamentations 2:15-17

Expanded Bible

¹⁵ All who pass by on the road
    clap their hands at you [^Cin approval of Jerusalem’s destruction; Ezek. 25:6];
they ·make fun of [hiss at; ^Cin scorn; 1 Kin. 9:8; Jer. 19:8; Zeph. 2:15] [^Lthe daughter of] Jerusalem
    and shake their heads.
They ask, “Is this the city that people called
    the most beautiful city,
the ·happiest place on [joy of the whole] earth [Ps. 48:2]?”

¹⁶ All your enemies ·open [^Lcrack] their mouths
    to speak against you.
They make fun and ·grind [gnash] their teeth [^Cin anger].
    They say, “We have swallowed you up.
This is the day we were ·waiting [hoping] for!
    We have finally seen it happen.”

¹⁷ The Lord has done what he planned;
    he has ·kept [fulfilled] his ·word [threat; ^Cthe covenant curses; Deut. 28:45–50]
    that he commanded ·long ago [^Lin days of old].
He has ·destroyed [demolished] without ·mercy [pity],
    and he has let your enemies laugh at you [^Csuch as Edom; Obad. 1–21].
He has ·strengthened [^Lexalted the horn of; ^Csymbol of pride and power] your enemies.