Lamentations 2:15-17

New Century Version

¹⁵ All who pass by on the road
    clap their hands at you;
they make fun of Jerusalem
    and shake their heads.
They ask, “Is this the city that people called
    the most beautiful city,
    the happiest place on earth?”

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

¹⁷ The Lord has done what he planned;
    he has kept his word
    that he commanded long ago.
He has destroyed without mercy,
    and he has let your enemies laugh at you.
    He has strengthened your enemies.