Lamentations 2:15

Lamentations 2:16 →

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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Interpretation

Causes for lamentation are described. Multitudes perished by famine.

Read with

This thought runs through Lamentations 2:14-15.

Lamentations 2:14 Lamentations 2:15

Glossary

Jerusalem Place: Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.
City People: The earliest mention of city-building is that of Enoch, which was built by Cain ( Gen. 4:17 ). After the confusion of tongues, the descendants of Nimrod founded several cities (10:10-12).