Lamentations 2:15 Meaning and Explanation
“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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Read Full Chapter →Passersby mock the fallen city, jeering at the place once praised as the perfection of beauty and the joy of all the earth.
What Does Lamentations 2:15 Mean?
Now those who pass by do not stop in sympathy but in scorn. They clap and hiss and wag their heads, the gestures of contempt and ridicule. The city that once drew pilgrims now draws mockers, and her downfall has become a spectacle for the passing crowd.
Their taunt cuts by recalling her former glory: 'Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?' Jerusalem had been spoken of in just these words, the radiant center of God's purposes. The jeer measures the height of the fall by naming the height she fell from. There is no cruelty quite like having one's ruined state compared aloud to the glory that is gone.
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What does Lamentations 2:15 mean?
Passersby mock the fallen city, jeering at the place once praised as the perfection of beauty and the joy of all the earth.