15 All who pass byclap their hands at you;they hiss and shake their headsat the daughter of Jerusalem, saying,“Is this the city that men callthe perfection of beauty,the joy of the whole earth?”
16 All your enemieshave opened their mouth against you;they hiss and gnash their teeth.They say, “We have swallowed her up!Certainly this is the day that we longed for;we have found it; we have seen it.”
17 The Lord has done what He planned;He has fulfilled His wordthat He had commanded in the days of old.He has thrown down and has not pitied,and He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you;He has exalted the power of your adversaries.
18 Their heart cried to the Lord:O wall of the daughter of Zion,let your tears run downlike a river day and night;give yourself no rest,your eyes no respite!
19 Arise, cry out in the night,at the beginning of the watches;pour out your heart like waterbefore the face of the Lord.Lift your hands to Himfor the lives of your young children,who faint for hungerat the head of every street.
20 Look, O Lord, and consider!To whom have You done this?Should the women eat their offspring,the children who were born healthy?Should the priest and the prophet be killedin the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 The young and the old lieon the ground in the streets;my virgins and my young menhave fallen by the sword;You have killed them in the day of Your anger,You have slaughtered and not pitied.