Lamentations 2:15-17

New King James Version

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

^16 (D)All your enemies have opened their mouth against you;
They hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, ^(E)“We have swallowed her up!
Surely this is the ^(F)day we have waited for;
We have found it, ^(G)we have seen it!”

¹⁷ The Lord has done what He ^(H)purposed;
He has fulfilled His word
Which He commanded in days of old.
He has thrown down and has not pitied,
And He has caused an enemy to ^(I)rejoice over you;
He has exalted the ^[b]horn of your adversaries.