Lamentations 2:15

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?

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
pass	עֹ֣בְרֵי oe.rei	H5674	to cross over · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
clap	סָֽפְק֨וּ sa.fe.Ku	H5606	to clap the hands (in token of compact · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
hands	כַּפַּ֙יִם֙ ka.Pa.yim	H3709	the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal · noun, common feminine dual absolute
thee	דֶ֔רֶךְ De.rekh	H1870	a road (as trodden) · noun, common both genders singular absolute
hiss	שָֽׁרְקוּ֙ sha.re.Ku	H8319	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
wag	וַיָּנִ֣עוּ vai.ya.Ni.'u	H5128	to waver · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
head	רֹאשָׁ֔ם ro.Sham	H7218	the head (as most easily shaken) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
daughter	בַּ֖ת bat	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine singular construct
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name
city	הָעִ֗יר ha.'Ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
call	שֶׁיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ shei.yo.me.Ru	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · relative particle + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
perfection	כְּלִ֣ילַת ke.Li.lat	H3632	complete · adjective, feminine singular construct
beauty	יֹ֔פִי Yo.fi	H3308	beauty · noun, common masculine singular absolute
joy	מָשׂ֖וֹשׂ ma.Sos	H4885	delight · noun, common masculine singular absolute
earth	הָאָֽרֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Psalms 48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
Jeremiah 18:16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
Psalms 50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
Jeremiah 19:8 And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues t…
Ezekiel 25:6 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite ag…
Psalms 22:7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Isaiah 37:22 This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn;…
Isaiah 64:11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 2:10–end

Justly are these called Lamentations, and they are very pathetic ones, the expressions of grief in perfection, mourning and woe, and nothing else, like the contents of Ezekiel's roll, Eze 2:10. I. Copies of lamentations are here presented and they are painted to the life. 1. The judges and magistrates, who used to appear in robes of state, have laid them aside, or rather are stripped of them, and put on the habit of mourners (Lam 2:10); the elders now sit no longer in the judgment-seats, the thrones of the house of David, but they sit upon the ground, having no seat to repose themselves in, or in token of great grief, as Job's friends sat with him upon the ground, Job 2:13. They open not the…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 2:15

clap . . . hands--in derision (Job 27:23; Job 34:37). wag . . . head-- (Kg2 19:21; Psa 44:14). perfection of beauty . . . joy of . . . earth-- (Psa 48:2; Psa 50:2). The Jews' enemies quote their very words in scorn.

Adam Clarke on Lamentations 2:15

The perfection of beauty - This probably only applied to the temple. Jerusalem never was a fine or splendid city; but the temple was most assuredly the most splendid building in the world.

John Gill on Lamentations 2:15

All that pass by clap their hands at thee,.... Travellers that passed by, and saw Jerusalem in ruins, clapped their hands at it, by way of rejoicing, as well pleased at the sight. This must be understood, not of the inhabitants of the land, but of strangers, who had no good will to it; though they seem to be distinguished from their implacable enemies in Lamentations 2:16, they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem; by way of scorn and derision; hereby expressing their contempt of her, and the pleasure and satisfaction they took in seeing her in this condition: saying, is this the city that men call the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth? a complete city, a mo…

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Dictionary and topics

Excellency And Glory Of The Church, The · Sin obscures — Sin obscures
Famine · 5:17;14:1-6;48:33; — 5:17;14:1-6;48:33;
Jerusalem · .THE PERFECTION OF BEAUTY, THE JOY OF THE WHOLE EARTH — .THE PERFECTION OF BEAUTY, THE JOY OF THE WHOLE EARTH

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Lamentations 2:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 2:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 2:15

Adam Clarke on Lamentations 2:15

John Gill on Lamentations 2:15

Dictionary and topics

Lamentations 2:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 2:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 2:15

Adam Clarke on Lamentations 2:15

John Gill on Lamentations 2:15

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Lamentations 2:15

Keil & Delitzsch on Lamentations 2:15

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Lamentations 2:13

Rashi on Lamentations 2:15