Lamentations 2:13-17

New International Version

¹³ What can I say for you?^(A)
    With what can I compare you,
    Daughter^(B) Jerusalem?
To what can I liken you,
    that I may comfort you,
    Virgin Daughter Zion?^(C)
Your wound is as deep as the sea.^(D)
    Who can heal you?

¹⁴ The visions of your prophets
    were false^(E) and worthless;
they did not expose your sin
    to ward off your captivity.^(F)
The prophecies they gave you
    were false and misleading.^(G)

¹⁵ All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;^(H)
they scoff^(I) and shake their heads^(J)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:^(K)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,^(L)
    the joy of the whole earth?”^(M)

¹⁶ All your enemies open their mouths
    wide against you;^(N)
they scoff and gnash their teeth^(O)
    and say, “We have swallowed her up.^(P)
This is the day we have waited for;
    we have lived to see it.”^(Q)

¹⁷ The Lord has done what he planned;
    he has fulfilled^(R) his word,
    which he decreed long ago.^(S)
He has overthrown you without pity,^(T)
    he has let the enemy gloat over you,^(U)
    he has exalted the horn^[a] of your foes.^(V)