13. What can I say for you, to what compare you,O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you,O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is vast as the sea;who can heal you?
14. Your prophets have seen for youfalse and deceptive visions; they have not exposed your iniquityto restore your fortunes, but have seen for you oraclesthat are false and misleading.
15. All who pass along the wayclap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their headsat the daughter of Jerusalem:“Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”