Lamentations 2:13-15

Easy-to-Read Version

¹³My dear Jerusalem, what can I say about you?
    What can I compare you to?
What can I say you are like?
    How can I comfort you, city of Zion?
You have been hurt much too badly
    for anyone to heal.

¹⁴Your prophets saw visions for you,
    but their visions were only worthless lies.
They didn’t speak against your sins.
    They didn’t try to make things better.
They spoke messages for you,
    but they were false messages that fooled you.

¹⁵Those who pass by on the road
    clap their hands and laugh at you.
They make fun of Jerusalem,
    shaking their heads at the sight of her.
They ask, “Is this the city that people called
    ‘The Most Beautiful City’
    and ‘The Joy of all the Earth’?”