Lamentations 2:16

"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’?”"

Key Reflection

This verse illustrates the profound contrast between Jerusalem's former glory and its current desolation. The people’s taunts highlight the city's fall from grace, once celebrated as a symbol of beauty and joy, now reduced to a site of sorrow and derision.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Seen it -Omit “it.” The intensity of the enemy’s exultation is shown by the heaping up of unconnected words. We have found what we sought, have seen what we looked for.

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