Lamentations 2:13-15

New King James Version

¹³ How shall I ^(A)console^[a] you?
To what shall I liken you,
O daughter of Jerusalem?
What shall I compare with you, that I may comfort you,
O virgin daughter of Zion?
For your ruin is spread wide as the sea;
Who can heal you?

¹⁴ Your ^(B)prophets have seen for you
False and deceptive visions;
They have not ^(C)uncovered your iniquity,
To bring back your captives,
But have envisioned for you false ^(D)prophecies and delusions.

¹⁵ All who ^[b]pass by ^(E)clap their hands at you;
They hiss ^(F)and shake their heads
At the daughter of Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that is called
^(G)‘The perfection of beauty,
The joy of the whole earth’?”