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Lamentations 2:15

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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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  1. Jeremiah 18:16Rank 1 from verse 15
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    16To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

  2. Psalms 48:2Rank 2 from verse 15
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    2Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

  3. Ezekiel 25:6Rank 3 from verse 15
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    6For thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;

  4. Jeremiah 19:8Rank 4 from verse 15
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    8And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.

  5. Psalms 50:2Rank 5 from verse 15
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    2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

  6. Isaiah 37:22Rank 6 from verse 15
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    22This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

  7. Isaiah 64:11Rank 7 from verse 15
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    11Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

  8. Matthew 27:39Rank 8 from verse 15
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    39¶ And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

  9. Psalms 22:7Rank 9 from verse 15
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    7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

  10. Zephaniah 2:15Rank 10 from verse 15
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    15This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

  11. 1 Kings 9:7–9Rank 11 from verse 15
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    7Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

    8And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?

    9And they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil.

  12. 2 Chronicles 7:21Rank 12 from verse 15
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    21And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

  13. 2 Kings 19:21Rank 13 from verse 15
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    21This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

  14. Deuteronomy 29:22–28Rank 14 from verse 15
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    22So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it;

    23And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

    24Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

    25Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:

    26For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:

    27And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:

    28And the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.

  15. Jeremiah 25:18Rank 15 from verse 15
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    18To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;

  16. Jeremiah 25:9Rank 16 from verse 15
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    9Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.

  17. Jeremiah 29:18Rank 17 from verse 15
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    18And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:

  18. Jeremiah 51:37Rank 18 from verse 15
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    37And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

  19. Job 27:22–23Rank 19 from verse 15
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    22For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

    23Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

  20. Lamentations 1:8Rank 20 from verse 15
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    8Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.

  21. Lamentations 2:16Rank 21 from verse 15
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    16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

  22. Lamentations 2:6Rank 22 from verse 15
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    6And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.

  23. Mark 15:29Rank 23 from verse 15
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    29And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

  24. Micah 6:16Rank 24 from verse 15
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    16¶ For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

  25. Nahum 3:19Rank 25 from verse 15
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    19There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?

  26. Psalms 44:14–15Rank 26 from verse 15
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    14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

    15My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

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Lamentations 2:15

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pass

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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

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clap

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To strike together suddenly, especially the hands, often with sound.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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hands

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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

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hiss

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Sense 1: A sharp sibilant sound, often expressing contempt, scorn, or astonishment. Sense 2: As a verb, to make such a sound.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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wag

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To move one way and the other with quick turns; to move a little way, and then turn the other way.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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head

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The upper part of the body; a chief, source, summit, or leading position.

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call

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1. To name. 2. To summon or invite. 3. To proclaim or address. 4. To request.

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beauty

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The quality or appearance of being fair, comely, pleasing, excellent, or glorious.

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joy

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Sense 1: Gladness, delight, or rejoicing. Sense 2: To rejoice, delight, or be glad.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

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2:14Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

2:15All 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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2:16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

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