Lamentations 2:15 “All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake…”

Lamentations 2:15

All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

World English Bible

All that pass by clap their hands at you. They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, “Is this the city that men called ‘The perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth’?”

American Standard Version

All that pass by clap their hands at thee; They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

Geneva Bible 1599

All that passe by the way, clap their hands at thee: they hisse and wagge their head vpon the daughter Ierusalem, saying, Is this the citie that men call, The perfection of beautie, and the ioye of the whole earth?

Darby Translation

All that pass by clap [their] hands at thee; they hiss and shake their head at the daughter of Jerusalem: Is this the city which they called, The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

Young's Literal Translation

Clapped hands at thee have all passing by the way, They have hissed — and they shake the head At the daughter of Jerusalem: 'Is this the city of which they said: The perfection of beauty, a joy to all the land?'

Bible in Basic English

All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?

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Cross references

“that pass”

Jeremiah 18:16 Deuteronomy 29:22–28 1 Kings 9:7–9 2 Chronicles 7:21

Jeremiah 18:16 · BSB

They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.

Deuteronomy 29:22–28 · BSB

Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.

1 Kings 9:7–9 · BSB

then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.

2 Chronicles 7:21 · BSB

And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

“clap”

Ezekiel 25:6 Lamentations 1:8 Nahum 3:19 Job 27:22 Job 27:23

Ezekiel 25:6 · BSB

For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt,

Lamentations 1:8 · BSB

Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.

Nahum 3:19 · BSB

There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?

Job 27:22 · BSB

It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.

Job 27:23 · BSB

It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.

“they”

Jeremiah 19:8 Zephaniah 2:15 Lamentations 2:16 Jeremiah 25:9 Jeremiah 25:18 Jeremiah 29:18

Jeremiah 19:8 · BSB

I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.

Zephaniah 2:15 · BSB

This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.

Lamentations 2:16 · BSB

All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”

Jeremiah 25:9 · BSB

behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surro…

Jeremiah 25:18 · BSB

to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;

Jeremiah 29:18 · BSB

I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.

“wag”

Psalm 22:7 Isaiah 37:22 Matthew 27:39 2 Kings 19:21 Mark 15:29 Psalm 44:14

Psalm 22:7 · BSB

All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:

Isaiah 37:22 · BSB

this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.

Matthew 27:39 · BSB

And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads

2 Kings 19:21 · BSB

This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.

Mark 15:29 · BSB

And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

Psalm 44:14 · BSB

You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

“Is this”

Psalm 48:2 Psalm 50:2 Isaiah 64:11 Lamentations 2:6

Psalm 48:2 · BSB

Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

Psalm 50:2 · BSB

From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.

Isaiah 64:11 · BSB

Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.

Lamentations 2:6 · BSB

He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has despised both king and priest.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.

16All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”

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