Lamentations 4 : 1 (NCV)
See how the gold has lost its shine, how the pure gold has dulled! at every street corner.
Lamentations 4 : 2 (NCV)
The precious people of Jerusalem were more valuable than gold, but now they are thought of as clay jars made by the hands of a potter.
Lamentations 4 : 3 (NCV)
Even wild dogs give their milk to feed their young, but my people are cruel like ostriches in the desert.
Lamentations 4 : 4 (NCV)
The babies are so thirsty their tongues stick to the roofs of their mouths. Children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
Lamentations 4 : 5 (NCV)
Those who once ate fine foods are now starving in the streets. People who grew up wearing nice clothes now pick through trash piles.
Lamentations 4 : 6 (NCV)
My people have been punished more than Sodom was. Sodom was destroyed suddenly, and no hands reached out to help her.
Lamentations 4 : 7 (NCV)
Our princes were purer than snow, and whiter than milk. Their bodies were redder than rubies; they looked like sapphires.
Lamentations 4 : 8 (NCV)
But now they are blacker than coal, and no one recognizes them in the streets. Their skin hangs on their bones; it is as dry as wood.
Lamentations 4 : 9 (NCV)
Those who were killed in the war were better off than those killed by hunger. They starve in pain and die, because there is no food from the field.
Lamentations 4 : 10 (NCV)
With their own hands kind women cook their own children. They became food when my people were destroyed.
Lamentations 4 : 11 (NCV)
The Lord turned loose all of his anger; he poured out his strong anger. He set fire to Jerusalem, burning it down to the foundations.
Lamentations 4 : 12 (NCV)
Kings of the earth and people of the world could not believe that enemies and foes could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
Lamentations 4 : 13 (NCV)
It happened because her prophets sinned and her priests did evil. They killed in the city those who did what was right.
Lamentations 4 : 14 (NCV)
They wandered in the streets as if they were blind. They were dirty with blood, so no one would touch their clothes.
Lamentations 4 : 15 (NCV)
"Go away! You are unclean," people shouted at them. "Get away! Get away! Don't touch us!" So they ran away and wandered. Even the other nations said, "Don't stay here."
Lamentations 4 : 16 (NCV)
The Lord himself scattered them and did not look after them anymore. No one respects the priests or honors the older leaders.
Lamentations 4 : 17 (NCV)
Also, our eyes grew tired, looking for help that never came. We kept watch from our towers for a nation to save us.
Lamentations 4 : 18 (NCV)
Our enemies hunted us, so we could not even walk in the streets. Our end is near. Our time is up. Our end has come.
Lamentations 4 : 19 (NCV)
Those who chased us were faster than eagles in the sky. They ran us into the mountains and ambushed us in the desert.
Lamentations 4 : 20 (NCV)
The Lord's appointed king, who was our very breath, was caught in their traps. We had said about him, "We will be protected by him among the nations."
Lamentations 4 : 21 (NCV)
Be happy and glad, people of Edom, you who live in the land of Uz. The cup of God's anger will come to you; then you will get drunk and go naked.
Lamentations 4 : 22 (NCV)
Your punishment is complete, Jerusalem. He will not send you into captivity again. But the Lord will punish the sins of Edom; he will uncover your evil.
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