World English Bible (WEB)
"All that pass by clap their hands at you, they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, "Is this the city that men called 'The perfection of beauty,' 'The joy of the whole earth'?" "
Poetic mourning over Jerusalem's destruction.
Old Testament • Book #25
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