Lamentations 2:15-17

Good News Translation

¹⁵ People passing by the city look at you in scorn.
    They shake their heads and laugh at Jerusalem's ruins:
    “Is this that lovely city? Is this the pride of the world?”

¹⁶ All your enemies mock you and glare at you with hate.
    They curl their lips and sneer, “We have destroyed it!
    This is the day we have waited for!”

¹⁷ The Lord has finally done what he threatened to do:
    He has destroyed us without mercy, as he warned us long ago.
    He gave our enemies victory, gave them joy at our downfall.