Lamentations 2:15 (KJV)

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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

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Cross-references

that pass. De 29:22-28 1Ki 9:7-9 2Ch 7:21 Jer 18:16

by. Heb. by the way. clap. La 1:8 Job 27:22 Job 27:23 Eze 25:6 Na 3:19

they. La 2:16 Jer 19:8 Jer 25:9 Jer 25:18 Jer 29:18 Jer 51:37 Mic 6:16 Zep 2:15

wag. 2Ki 19:21 Ps 22:7 Ps 44:14 Ps 44:15 Isa 37:22 Jer 18:16 Mt 27:39 Mr 15:29

Is this. La 2:6 Ps 48:2 Ps 50:2 Isa 64:11

The combination of scorn, enmity, rage, and exultation, which the conquerors and spectators manifested at the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, are here described with peculiar pathos and energy. The whole scene is presented to view as in an exquisitely finished historical painting.

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