JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div class="list">
   <ul class="xyz">
     <li class="element1">content for 1</li>
     <li class="element2">content for 2</li>
     <li class="element3">content for 3</li>
   </ul>
</div>

JavaScript

var array = ['element2', 'element1', 'element3'];

$.each(array,function(index,value){
   $('.xyz').append($('.'+value));
});