...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?" [ am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. [Ie hath led mo, and brought me into...

...pass by clap their hands at thee ; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, s, and it shall stand for ever. Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out ? All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say,...

...glorious capital of Israel has for ages been " ruined," 1 and of the present Jerusalem we may exclaim, " Is THIS the city that men call the perfection of beauty, the joy of-the whole earth ?" 2 I saw no suburbs around Jerusalem, for such is the state of the surrounding...

...could understand the exclamation, and were almost ready to use it as our own, " Is this the city which men call the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth ?"2 Its dark walls, and the glance we got of slippery narrow streets, with low ill-built houses, and...

...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 I'"• It may be well, my dear S., before sending the present letter, that I should include in it a...

...pass by clap their hands at her; 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 ?" (Lam. ii). "A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; the prophets prophesy falsely,...

...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 ?" The completion of the banks occasioned not less uneasiness to the Romans than to the Jews ; for...

...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 ? All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee : they hiss and gnash the teeth : they say,...

...weakened the energies of the Church and caused the bystanders to let fly at her the scorn-tipped arrow—" Is this the city that men call the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth ?" Observe the sequence of the apostle's thought: " swift to hear " the Word of God, " slow to speak...

...and their city. To this day is more or less applicable the touching lamentation of Jeremiah, "lathis the city that men call the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth ?" Still may we apply to Jerusalem the complaint and prayer of that true patriot Daniel: " O Lord,...