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Lamentaciones 2:15
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Baten palmas contra ti todos los que pasan por el camino; silban y mueven sus cabezas contra la hija de Jerusalén, diciendo: ¿Es ésta la ciudad de la cual decían: "La perfección de la hermosura, el gozo de toda la tierra"?
Todos los que pasaban por el camino, batieron las manos sobre ti; silbaron, y movieron sus cabezas sobre la hija de Jerusal�n, diciendo: �Es �sta la ciudad que llamaban: La perfecci�n de la hermosura, el gozo de toda la tierra?
S�mec : Todos los que pasaban por el camino, batieron las manos sobre ti. Silbaron, y movieron sus cabezas sobre la hija de Jerusal�n, diciendo : �Es �sta la ciudad que dec�an de perfecta hermosura, el gozo de toda la tierra?
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
The combination of scorn, enmity, rage, and exultation, which the conquerors and spectators manifested at the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, are here described with peculiar pathos and energy. The whole scene is presented to view as in an exquisitely finished historical painting.
that pass: Deuteronomy 29:22-28, 1 Kings 9:7-9, 2 Chronicles 7:21, Jeremiah 18:16
by: Heb. by the way
clap: Lamentations 1:8, Job 27:22, Job 27:23, Ezekiel 25:6, Nahum 3:19
they: Lamentations 2:16, Jeremiah 19:8, Jeremiah 25:9, Jeremiah 25:18, Jeremiah 29:18, Jeremiah 51:37, Micah 6:16, Zephaniah 2:15
wag: 2 Kings 19:21, Psalms 22:7, Psalms 44:14, Psalms 44:15, Isaiah 37:22, Jeremiah 18:16, Matthew 27:39, Mark 15:29
Is this: Lamentations 2:6, Psalms 48:2, Psalms 50:2, Isaiah 64:11
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:45 - Moreover Deuteronomy 29:24 - General Ruth 1:19 - Is this Naomi 1 Samuel 4:18 - when he made 2 Chronicles 7:20 - a proverb Job 16:4 - shake mine Psalms 30:1 - hast not Psalms 79:4 - become Psalms 137:3 - For there Song of Solomon 6:4 - comely Isaiah 28:21 - his strange Isaiah 57:4 - draw Jeremiah 15:5 - For who Jeremiah 22:8 - General Jeremiah 24:9 - to be a Jeremiah 30:17 - they Jeremiah 33:24 - thus Jeremiah 40:2 - The Lord Jeremiah 44:8 - a curse Jeremiah 44:22 - your land Jeremiah 48:27 - was not Jeremiah 49:17 - shall hiss Jeremiah 50:11 - ye were Jeremiah 50:13 - every Jeremiah 51:51 - are confounded Lamentations 1:7 - the adversaries Lamentations 1:21 - they are Lamentations 3:45 - as Lamentations 5:1 - behold Ezekiel 5:8 - in the Ezekiel 5:14 - I will Ezekiel 13:12 - Where Ezekiel 16:13 - and thou didst Ezekiel 16:14 - thy renown Ezekiel 22:4 - have I Ezekiel 23:32 - thou shalt be Ezekiel 27:36 - hiss Ezekiel 36:3 - and ye Ezekiel 39:23 - the heathen Daniel 9:13 - As it is Daniel 9:16 - Jerusalem Micah 4:11 - many Habakkuk 1:15 - therefore Zechariah 8:13 - a curse Romans 2:24 - the name
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 most beautiful one for its situation; for its fortifications by nature and art; for its spacious buildings, palaces, and towers; and especially for the magnificent temple in it, and the residence of the God of heaven there, and that pompous worship of him there performed; on account of all which, and the abundant blessings of goodness bestowed upon the inhabitants, they had reason to rejoice more than all the men of the world besides; as well as they contributed many ways to the good and happiness of all nations; this is what had been said by themselves,
Psalms 48:2; and had even been owned by others; by the forefathers of those very persons that now insult over it. So the Targum,
"is this the city which our fathers that were of old said? c.''
nor do they by these words deny, but rather own, that it had been what was said of it but now the case was otherwise; instead of being a perfect beauty, it was a perfect heap of rubbish; instead of being the joy of the whole earth, it was the offscouring of all things.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Compare the scene round the cross of the Redeemer Matthew 27:39.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 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.
