Lamentations · אֵיכָה

Lamentations 2:15

סָפְקוּ֩ עָלַ֨יִךְ כַּפַּ֜יִם כָּל עֹבְרֵ֣י דֶ֗רֶךְ שָׁרְקוּ֙ וַיָּנִ֣עוּ רֹאשָׁ֔ם עַל בַּת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם הֲזֹ֣את הָעִ֔יר שֶׁיֹּֽאמְר֖וּ כְּלִ֣ילַת יֹ֑פִי מָשׂ֥וֹשׂ לְכָל הָאָֽרֶץ׃
sapqv ʿalayik kapayim kal ʿobrey derek sharqv vayaniʿv roʾsham ʿal bat yrvshaliam hazoʾt haʿiyr sheyoʾmrv kliylat yopiy masvos lkal haʾareṣ
King James Version (KJV)

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?

Modern English

All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem: "Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?"

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