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Lamentations 2:15 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Lamentations 2:15 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 2 verse 15 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? by: Heb. by the way”
Lamentations 2:15 (KJV)
Commentary on Lamentations 2:15
Jerusalem's humiliation becomes public spectacle: "All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem" (safqu aleikh kapayim kol-ovrei derek sharqu vayani'u rosham). Clapping hands, hissing, and head-wagging were ancient gestures of contempt and mockery (Job 27:23, Psalm 44:14, Nahum 3:19). What was once admired is now scorned. The mockers' taunt follows: "saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?" This ironic question recalls Psalm 48:2 and 50:2, which celebrated Jerusalem's beauty and Zion's...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Lamentations 2:15
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“and a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished”
“the joy of the whole earth”
“and stamped with the feet”
“the perfection of beauty”
“and a hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues of it.”
“where our fathers praised you”
“that said in her heart”
“saying”
“wagging their heads”
“This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin”