Lamentations 2:15-17

Modern English Version

¹⁵ All who pass by
    clap their hands at you;
they hiss and shake their heads
    at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying,
“Is this the city that men call
    the perfection of beauty,
    the joy of the whole earth?”

¹⁶ All your enemies
    have opened their mouth against you;
they hiss and gnash their teeth.
    They say, “We have swallowed her up!
Certainly this is the day that we longed for;
    we have found it; we have seen it.”

¹⁷ The Lord has done what He planned;
    He has fulfilled His word
    that He had commanded in the days of old.
He has thrown down and has not pitied,
    and He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you;
    He has exalted the power of your adversaries.