Lamentations:4:1-13
nkjv@Lamentations:4:1 @ How the gold has become dim! How changed the fine gold! The stones of the sanctuary are scattered At the head of every street.
nkjv@Lamentations:4:2 @ The precious sons of Zion, Valuable as fine gold, How they are regarded as clay pots, The work of the hands of the potter!
nkjv@Lamentations:4:3 @ Even the jackals present their breasts To nurse their young; But the daughter of my people is cruel, Like ostriches in the wilderness.
nkjv@Lamentations:4:4 @ The tongue of the infant clings To the roof of its mouth for thirst; The young children ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them.
nkjv@Lamentations:4:5 @ Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those who were brought up in scarlet Embrace ash heaps.
nkjv@Lamentations:4:6 @ The punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people Is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, Which was overthrown in a moment, With no hand to help her!
nkjv@Lamentations:4:7 @ Her Nazirites were brighter than snow And whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, Like sapphire in their appearance.
nkjv@Lamentations:4:8 @ Now their appearance is blacker than soot; They go unrecognized in the streets; Their skin clings to their bones, It has become as dry as wood.
nkjv@Lamentations:4:9 @ Those slain by the sword are better off Than those who die of hunger; For these pine away, Stricken for lack of the fruits of the field.
nkjv@Lamentations:4:10 @ The hands of the compassionate women Have cooked their own children; They became food for them In the destruction of the daughter of my people.
nkjv@Lamentations:4:11 @ The LORD has fulfilled His fury, He has poured out His fierce anger. He kindled a fire in Zion, And it has devoured its foundations.
nkjv@Lamentations:4:12 @ The kings of the earth, And all inhabitants of the world, Would not have believed That the adversary and the enemy Could enter the gates of Jerusalem--
nkjv@Lamentations:4:13 @ Because of the sins of her prophets And the iniquities of her priests, Who shed in her midst The blood of the just.
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