Lamentations 2:13-15

English Standard Version

¹³ What can I say for you, ^(A)to what compare you,
    O daughter of Jerusalem?
^(B)What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you,
    O virgin daughter of Zion?
^(C)For your ruin is vast as the sea;
    who can heal you?

^14 (D)Your prophets have seen for you
    false and deceptive visions;
^(E)they have not exposed your iniquity
    to ^(F)restore your fortunes,
^(G)but have seen for you ^(H)oracles
    that are false and misleading.

¹⁵ All who pass along the way
    clap their hands at you;
^(I)they hiss and wag their heads
    at the daughter of Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that was called
    ^(J)the perfection of beauty,
    ^(K)the joy of all the earth?”