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)

¹⁶ Their land will be an object of horror^(A)
    and of lasting scorn;^(B)
all who pass by will be appalled^(C)
    and will shake their heads.^(D)

² Beautiful^(A) in its loftiness,
    the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon^[a](B) is Mount Zion,^(C)
    the city of the Great King.^(D)

¹¹ Our holy and glorious temple,^(A) where our ancestors praised you,
    has been burned with fire,
    and all that we treasured^(B) lies in ruins.

“Virgin Daughter^(A) Zion^(B)
    despises and mocks you.
Daughter Jerusalem
    tosses her head^(C) as you flee.