Lamentations 4 : 1 (HCSB)
How the gold has become tarnished, the fine gold become dull! The stones of the temple lie scattered at the corner of every street.
Lamentations 4 : 2 (HCSB)
Zion's precious people-- *once worth their weight in pure gold-- how they are regarded as clay jars, the work of a potter's hands!
Lamentations 4 : 3 (HCSB)
Even jackals offer *their breasts to nurse their young, but my dear people have become cruel like ostriches in the wilderness.
Lamentations 4 : 4 (HCSB)
The nursing infant's tongue clings to the roof of his mouth from thirst. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them *any .
Lamentations 4 : 5 (HCSB)
Those who used to eat delicacies are destitute in the streets; those who were reared in purple *garments huddle in garbage heaps.
Lamentations 4 : 6 (HCSB)
The punishment of my dear people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand laid on it.
Lamentations 4 : 7 (HCSB)
Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; *their bodies were more ruddy than coral, their appearance like sapphire.
Lamentations 4 : 8 (HCSB)
*Now they appear darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become dry like wood.
Lamentations 4 : 9 (HCSB)
Those slain by the sword are better off than those slain by hunger, who waste away, pierced *with pain because the fields lack produce.
Lamentations 4 : 10 (HCSB)
The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children; they became their food during the destruction of my dear people.
Lamentations 4 : 11 (HCSB)
The LORD has exhausted His wrath, poured out His burning anger; He has ignited a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.
Lamentations 4 : 12 (HCSB)
The kings of the earth and all the world's inhabitants did not believe that an enemy or adversary could enter Jerusalem's gates.
Lamentations 4 : 13 (HCSB)
*Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous within her.
Lamentations 4 : 14 (HCSB)
Blind, they stumbled in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.
Lamentations 4 : 15 (HCSB)
"Stay away! Unclean!" people shouted at them. "Away, away! Don't touch *us !" So they wandered aimlessly. It was said among the nations, "They can stay here no longer."
Lamentations 4 : 16 (HCSB)
The LORD Himself has scattered them; He regards them no more. The priests are not respected; the elders find no favor.
Lamentations 4 : 17 (HCSB)
All the while our eyes were failing *as we looked in vain for assistance; we watched from our towers for a nation that refused to help.
Lamentations 4 : 18 (HCSB)
Our steps were closely followed, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near; our time ran out. Our end had come!
Lamentations 4 : 19 (HCSB)
Those who chased us were swifter than eagles in the sky; they relentlessly pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
Lamentations 4 : 20 (HCSB)
The LORD's anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their traps; we had said about him: We will live under his protection among the nations.
Lamentations 4 : 21 (HCSB)
So rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom, you resident of the land of Uz! Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
Lamentations 4 : 22 (HCSB)
Daughter Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not lengthen your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, Daughter Edom, and will expose your sins.
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