2 Kings 19:21

What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, shoot...: Heb. open He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. He trusted...: Heb. He rolled himself on seeing...: or, if he delight in

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? by: Heb. by the way

I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. tabrets: or, timbrels

Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. strength: Heb. girdle

And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.