Lamentations 4

1 ♥ 📝 H ow is the gold^H2091 become dim!^H6004 [how] is the most^H2896 pure gold^H3800 changed!^H8132 The stones^H68 of the sanctuary^H6944 are poured out^H8210 at the head^H7218 of every street.^H2351

2 ♥ 📝 The precious^H3368 sons^H1121 of Zion,^H6726 comparable^H5537 to fine gold,^H6337 How are they esteemed^H2803 as earthen^H2789 pitchers,^H5035 the work^H4639 of the hands^H3027 of the potter!^H3335

3 ♥ 📝 Even the jackals^H8577 draw out^H2502 the breast,^H7699 they give suck^H3243 to their young ones:^H1482 The daughter^H1323 of my people^H5971 is become cruel,^H393 like the ostriches^H3283 in the wilderness.^H4057

4 ♥ 📝 The tongue^H3956 of the sucking child^H3243 cleaveth^H1692 to the roof of his mouth^H2441 for thirst:^H6772 The young children^H5768 ask^H7592 bread,^H3899 and no man breaketh^H6566 it unto them.

5 ♥ 📝 They that did feed^H398 delicately^H4574 are desolate^H8074 in the streets:^H2351 They that were brought up^H539 in scarlet^H8438 embrace^H2263 dunghills.^H830

6 ♥ 📝 For the iniquity^H5771 of the daughter^H1323 of my people^H5971 is greater^H1431 than the sin^H2403 of Sodom,^H5467 That was overthrown^H2015 as in a moment,^H7281 and no hands^H3027 were laid^H2342 upon her.

7 ♥ 📝 Her nobles^H5139 were purer^H2141 than snow,^H7950 they were whiter^H6705 than milk;^H2461 They were more ruddy^H119 in body^H6106 than rubies,^H6443 their polishing^H1508 was as of sapphire.^H5601

8 ♥ 📝 Their visage^H8389 is blacker^H2821 than a coal;^H7815 They are not known^H5234 in the streets:^H2351 Their skin^H5785 cleaveth^H6821 to their bones;^H6106 it is withered,^H3001 it is become like a stick.^H6086

9 ♥ 📝 They that are slain^H2491 with the sword^H2719 are better^H2896 than they that are slain^H2491 with hunger;^H7458 For these^H1992 pine away,^H2100 stricken^H1856 through, for want of the fruits^H8570 of the field.^H7704

10 ♥ 📝 The hands^H3027 of the pitiful^H7362 women^H802 have boiled^H1310 their own children;^H3206 They were their food^H1262 in the destruction^H7667 of the daughter^H1323 of my people.^H5971

11 ♥ 📝 Jehovah^H3068 hath accomplished^H3615 his wrath,^H2534 he hath poured out^H8210 his fierce^H2740 anger;^H639 And he hath kindled^H3341 a fire^H784 in Zion,^H6726 which hath devoured^H398 the foundations^H3247 thereof.

12 ♥ 📝 The kings^H4428 of the earth^H776 believed^H539 not, neither all the inhabitants^H3427 of the world,^H8398 That the adversary^H6862 and the enemy^H341 would enter^H935 into the gates^H8179 of Jerusalem.^H3389

13 ♥ 📝 [ It is] because of the sins^H2403 of her prophets,^H5030 [and] the iniquities^H5771 of her priests,^H3548 That have shed^H8210 the blood^H1818 of the just^H6662 in the midst^H7130 of her.

14 ♥ 📝 They wander^H5128 as blind^H5787 men in the streets,^H2351 they are polluted^H1351 with blood,^H1818 So that men cannot^{H3201 H3808} touch^H5060 their garments.^H3830

15 ♥ 📝 Depart^H5493 ye, they cried^H7121 unto them, Unclean!^H2931 depart,^H5493 depart,^H5493 touch^H5060 not! When they fled away^H5132 and wandered,^H5128 men said^H559 among the nations,^H1471 They shall no more^H3254 sojourn^H1481 [here].

16 ♥ 📝 The anger^H6440 of Jehovah^H3068 hath scattered^H2505 them; He will no more^H3254 regard^H5027 them: They respected^H5375 not the persons^H6440 of the priests,^H3548 they favored^H2603 not the elders.^H2205

17 ♥ 📝 Our eyes^H5869 do yet fail^H3615 [in looking] for our vain^H1892 help:^H5833 In our watching^H6836 we have watched^H6822 for a nation^H1471 that could not save.^H3467

18 ♥ 📝 They hunt^H6679 our steps,^H6806 so that we cannot go^H3212 in our streets:^H7339 Our end^H7093 is near,^H7126 our days^H3117 are fulfilled;^H4390 for our end^H7093 is come.^H935

19 ♥ 📝 Our pursuers^H7291 were swifter^H7031 than the eagles^H5404 of the heavens:^H8064 They chased^H1814 us upon the mountains,^H2022 they laid wait^H693 for us in the wilderness.^H4057

20 ♥ 📝 The breath^H7307 of our nostrils,^H639 the anointed^H4899 of Jehovah,^H3068 was taken^H3920 in their pits;^H7825 Of whom we said,^H559 Under his shadow^H6738 we shall live^H2421 among the nations.^H1471

21 ♥ 📝 Rejoice^H7797 and be glad,^H8055 O daughter^H1323 of Edom,^H123 that dwellest^H3427 in the land^H776 of Uz:^H5780 The cup^H3563 shall pass^H5674 through unto thee also; thou shalt be drunken,^H7937 and shalt make thyself naked.^H6168

22 ♥ 📝 The punishment of thine iniquity^H5771 is accomplished,^H8552 O daughter^H1323 of Zion;^H6726 He will no more^H3254 carry thee away into captivity:^H1540 He will visit^H6485 thine iniquity,^H5771 O daughter^H1323 of Edom;^H123 he will uncover^H1540 thy sins.^H2403