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Lamentations 4:1
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How dark the gold has become, How the pure gold
has changed! The sacred stones are poured out At the corner of every street. |
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Lamentations 4:2
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The precious sons of Zion, Weighed against fine
gold, How they are regarded as earthen jars, The work of a potter's hands! |
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Lamentations 4:3
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Even jackals offer the breast, They nurse their
young; But the daughter of my people has become cruel Like ostriches in the wilderness.
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Lamentations 4:4
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The tongue of the infant cleaves To the roof
of its mouth because of thirst; The little ones ask for bread, But no one breaks
it for them. |
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Lamentations 4:5
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Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the
streets; Those reared in purple Embrace ash pits. |
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Lamentations 4:6
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For the iniquity of the daughter of my people
Is greater than the sin of Sodom, Which was overthrown as in a moment, And no
hands were turned toward her. |
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Lamentations 4:7
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Her consecrated ones were purer than snow, They
were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than corals, Their polishing
was like lapis lazuli. |
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Lamentations 4:8
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Their appearance is blacker than soot, They
are not recognized in the streets; Their skin is shriveled on their bones, It
is withered, it has become like wood. |
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Lamentations 4:9
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Better are those slain with the sword Than those
slain with hunger; For they pine away, being stricken For lack of the fruits of
the field. |
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Lamentations 4:10
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The hands of compassionate women Boiled their
own children; They became food for them Because of the destruction of the daughter
of my people. |
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Lamentations 4:11
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The LORD has accomplished His wrath, He has
poured out His fierce anger; And He has kindled a fire in Zion Which has consumed
its foundations. |
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Lamentations 4:12
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The kings of the earth did not believe, Nor
did any of the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy Could
enter the gates of Jerusalem. |
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Lamentations 4:13
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Because of the sins of her prophets And the
iniquities of her priests, Who have shed in her midst The blood of the righteous; |
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Lamentations 4:14
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They wandered, blind, in the streets; They were
defiled with blood So that no one could touch their garments. |
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Lamentations 4:15
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"Depart! Unclean!" they cried of themselves.
"Depart, depart, do not touch!" So they fled and wandered; Men among the nations
said, "They shall not continue to dwell with us." |
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Lamentations 4:16
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The presence of the LORD has scattered them,
He will not continue to regard them; They did not honor the priests, They did
not favor the elders. |
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Lamentations 4:17
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Yet our eyes failed, Looking for help was useless;
In our watching we have watched For a nation that could not save. |
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Lamentations 4:18
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They hunted our steps So that we could not walk
in our streets; Our end drew near, Our days were finished For our end had come.
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Lamentations 4:19
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Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of
the sky; They chased us on the mountains, They waited in ambush for us in the
wilderness. |
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Lamentations 4:20
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The breath of our nostrils, the LORD'S anointed,
Was captured in their pits, Of whom we had said, "Under his shadow We shall live
among the nations." |
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Lamentations 4:21
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Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, Who
dwells in the land of Uz; But the cup will come around to you as well, You will
become drunk and make yourself naked. |
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Lamentations 4:22
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The punishment of your iniquity has been completed,
O daughter of Zion; He will exile you no longer. But He will punish your iniquity,
O daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins! |
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