15 All who pass along the way
(A)Clap their hands in ridicule at you;
They (B)[a]hiss and shake their heads
At the daughter of Jerusalem:
“Is this the city of which they said,
(C)Perfect in beauty,
(D)A joy to all the earth’?”

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  1. Lamentations 2:15 Or whistle

15 All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;(A)
they scoff(B) and shake their heads(C)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:(D)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,(E)
    the joy of the whole earth?”(F)

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33 For He (A)does not [a]afflict [b]willingly
Or [c]grieve the sons of mankind.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:33 Or oppress
  2. Lamentations 3:33 Lit from His heart
  3. Lamentations 3:33 Or torment

33 For he does not willingly bring affliction
    or grief to anyone.(A)

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41 When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and (A)wept over it, 42 saying, “If you had known on this day, even you, the conditions for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes. 43 For the days will come upon you [a]when your enemies will (B)put up a [b]barricade against you, and (C)surround you and hem you in on every side, 44 and they will level you to the ground, and throw down your children within you, and (D)they will not leave in you one stone upon [c]another, because you did not recognize (E)the time of your visitation.”

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  1. Luke 19:43 Lit and
  2. Luke 19:43 I.e., a dirt wall or mound for siege purposes
  3. Luke 19:44 Lit a stone

41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it(A) 42 and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.(B) 44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls.(C) They will not leave one stone on another,(D) because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming(E) to you.”

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