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Lamentations 4:1--5:22

4:1

How is the gold
<02091>

become dim
<06004> (8714)_!

[how] is the most
<02896>

fine gold
<03800>

changed
<08132> (8799)_!

the stones
<068>

of the sanctuary
<06944>

are poured out
<08210> (8691)

in the top
<07218>

of every street
<02351>_.

4:2

The precious
<03368>

sons
<01121>

of Zion
<06726>_,

comparable
<05537> (8794)

to fine gold
<06337>_,

how are they esteemed
<02803> (8738)

as earthen
<02789>

pitchers
<05035>_,

the work
<04639>

of the hands
<03027>

of the potter
<03335> (8802)_!

4:3

Even the sea monsters
<08577>

draw out
<02502> (8804)

the breast
<07699>_,

they give suck
<03243> (8689)

to their young ones
<01482>_:

the daughter
<01323>

of my people
<05971>

[is become] cruel
<0393>_,

like the ostriches
<03283>

in the wilderness
<04057>_.

{sea...: or, sea calves}

4:4

The tongue
<03956>

of the sucking child
<03243> (8802)

cleaveth
<01692> (8804)

to the roof of his mouth
<02441>

for thirst
<06772>_:

the young children
<05768>

ask
<07592> (8804)

bread
<03899>_,

[and] no man breaketh
<06566> (8802)

[it] unto them.

4:5

They that did feed
<0398> (8802)

delicately
<04574>

are desolate
<08074> (8738)

in the streets
<02351>_:

they that were brought up
<0539> (8803)

in scarlet
<08438>

embrace
<02263> (8765)

dunghills
<0830>_.

4:6

For the punishment of the iniquity
<05771>

of the daughter
<01323>

of my people
<05971>

is greater
<01431> (8799)

than the punishment
<02403>

of the sin of Sodom
<05467>_,

that was overthrown
<02015> (8803)

as in a moment
<07281>_,

and no hands
<03027>

stayed
<02342> (8804)

on her. {punishment of the iniquity: or, iniquity}

4:7

Her Nazarites
<05139>

were purer
<02141> (8804)

than snow
<07950>_,

they were whiter
<06705> (8804)

than milk
<02461>_,

they were more ruddy
<0119> (8804)

in body
<06106>

than rubies
<06443>_,

their polishing
<01508>

[was] of sapphire
<05601>_:

4:8

Their visage
<08389>

is blacker
<02821> (8804)

than a coal
<07815>_;

they are not known
<05234> (8738)

in the streets
<02351>_:

their skin
<05785>

cleaveth
<06821> (8804)

to their bones
<06106>_;

it is withered
<03001> (8804)_,

it is become like a stick
<06086>_.

{blacker...: Heb. darker than blackness}

4:9

[They that be] slain
<02491>

with the sword
<02719>

are better
<02896>

than [they that be] slain
<02491>

with hunger
<07458>_:

for these
<01992>

pine away
<02100> (8799)_,

stricken
<01856> (8794)

through for [want of] the fruits
<08570>

of the field
<07704>_.

{pine...: Heb. flow out}

4:10

The hands
<03027>

of the pitiful
<07362>

women
<0802>

have sodden
<01310> (8765)

their own children
<03206>_:

they were their meat
<01262> (8763)

in the destruction
<07667>

of the daughter
<01323>

of my people
<05971>_.

4:11

The LORD
<03068>

hath accomplished
<03615> (8765)

his fury
<02534>_;

he hath poured out
<08210> (8804)

his fierce
<02740>

anger
<0639>_,

and hath kindled
<03341> (8686)

a fire
<0784>

in Zion
<06726>_,

and it hath devoured
<0398> (8799)

the foundations
<03247>

thereof.

4:12

The kings
<04428>

of the earth
<0776>_,

and all the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of the world
<08398>_,

would not have believed
<0539> (8689)

that the adversary
<06862>

and the enemy
<0341> (8802)

should have entered
<0935> (8799)

into the gates
<08179>

of Jerusalem
<03389>_.

4:13

For the sins
<02403>

of her prophets
<05030>_,

[and] the iniquities
<05771>

of her priests
<03548>_,

that have shed
<08210> (8802)

the blood
<01818>

of the just
<06662>

in the midst
<07130>

of her,

4:14

They have wandered
<05128> (8804)

[as] blind
<05787>

[men] in the streets
<02351>_,

they have polluted
<01351> (8738)

themselves with blood
<01818>_,

so that men could
<03201> (8799)

not
<03808>

touch
<05060> (8799)

their garments
<03830>_.

{so...: or, in that they could not but touch}

4:15

They cried
<07121> (8804)

unto them, Depart
<05493> (8798)

ye; [it is] unclean
<02931>_;

depart
<05493> (8798)_,

touch
<05060> (8799)

not: when they fled away
<05132> (8804)

and wandered
<05128> (8804)_,

they said
<0559> (8804)

among the heathen
<01471>_,

They shall no more
<03254> (8686)

sojourn
<01481> (8800)

[there]. {it...: or, ye polluted}

4:16

The anger
<06440>

of the LORD
<03068>

hath divided
<02505> (8765)

them; he will no more
<03254> (8686)

regard
<05027> (8687)

them: they respected
<05375> (8804)

not the persons
<06440>

of the priests
<03548>_,

they favoured
<02603> (8804)

not the elders
<02205>_.

{anger: or, face}

4:17

As for us, our eyes
<05869>

as yet failed
<03615> (8799)

for our vain
<01892>

help
<05833>_:

in our watching
<06836>

we have watched
<06822> (8765)

for a nation
<01471>

[that] could not save
<03467> (8686)

[us].

4:18

They hunt
<06679> (8804)

our steps
<06806>_,

that we cannot go
<03212> (8800)

in our streets
<07339>_:

our end
<07093>

is near
<07126> (8804)_,

our days
<03117>

are fulfilled
<04390> (8804)_;

for our end
<07093>

is come
<0935> (8804)_.

4:19

Our persecutors
<07291> (8802)

are swifter
<07031>

than the eagles
<05404>

of the heaven
<08064>_:

they pursued
<01814> (8804)

us upon the mountains
<02022>_,

they laid wait
<0693> (8804)

for us in the wilderness
<04057>_.

4:20

The breath
<07307>

of our nostrils
<0639>_,

the anointed
<04899>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

was taken
<03920> (8738)

in their pits
<07825>_,

of whom we said
<0559> (8804)_,

Under his shadow
<06738>

we shall live
<02421> (8799)

among the heathen
<01471>_.

4:21

Rejoice
<07797> (8798)

and be glad
<08055> (8798)_,

O daughter
<01323>

of Edom
<0123>_,

that dwellest
<03427> (8802)

in the land
<0776>

of Uz
<05780>_;

the cup
<03563>

also shall pass
<05674> (8799)

through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken
<07937> (8799)_,

and shalt make thyself naked
<06168> (8691)_.

4:22

The punishment of thine iniquity
<05771>

is accomplished
<08552> (8804)_,

O daughter
<01323>

of Zion
<06726>_;

he will no more
<03254> (8686)

carry thee away into captivity
<01540> (8687)_:

he will visit
<06485> (8804)

thine iniquity
<05771>_,

O daughter
<01323>

of Edom
<0123>_;

he will discover
<01540> (8765)

thy sins
<02403>_.

{The...: or, Thine iniquity} {discover...: or, carry thee captive for thy sins}

5:1

Remember
<02142> (8798)_,

O LORD
<03068>_,

what is come upon us: consider
<05027> (8685)_,

and behold
<07200> (8798)

our reproach
<02781>_.

5:2

Our inheritance
<05159>

is turned
<02015> (8738)

to strangers
<02114> (8801)_,

our houses
<01004>

to aliens
<05237>_.

5:3

We are orphans
<03490>

and fatherless
<0369> <01>_,

our mothers
<0517>

[are] as widows
<0490>_.

5:4

We have drunken
<08354> (8804)

our water
<04325>

for money
<03701>_;

our wood
<06086>

is sold
<0935> (8799) <04242>

unto us. {is...: Heb. cometh for price}

5:5

Our necks
<06677>

[are] under persecution
<07291> (8738)_:

we labour
<03021> (8804)_,

[and] have no rest
<05117> (8717)_.

{Our...: Heb. On our necks are we persecuted}

5:6

We have given
<05414> (8804)

the hand
<03027>

[to] the Egyptians
<04714>_,

[and to] the Assyrians
<0804>_,

to be satisfied
<07646> (8800)

with bread
<03899>_.

5:7

Our fathers
<01>

have sinned
<02398> (8804)_,

[and are] not
<0369>_;

and we have borne
<05445> (8804)

their iniquities
<05771>_.

5:8

Servants
<05650>

have ruled
<04910> (8804)

over us: [there is] none that doth deliver
<06561> (8802)

[us] out of their hand
<03027>_.

5:9

We gat
<0935> (8686)

our bread
<03899>

with [the peril of] our lives
<05315>

because
<06440>

of the sword
<02719>

of the wilderness
<04057>_.

5:10

Our skin
<05785>

was black
<03648> (8738)

like an oven
<08574>

because
<06440>

of the terrible
<02152>

famine
<07458>_.

{terrible: or, terrors, or, storms}

5:11

They ravished
<06031> (8765)

the women
<0802>

in Zion
<06726>_,

[and] the maids
<01330>

in the cities
<05892>

of Judah
<03063>_.

5:12

Princes
<08269>

are hanged up
<08518> (8738)

by their hand
<03027>_:

the faces
<06440>

of elders
<02205>

were not honoured
<01921> (8738)_.

5:13

They took
<05375> (8804)

the young men
<0970>

to grind
<02911>_,

and the children
<05288>

fell
<03782> (8804)

under the wood
<06086>_.

5:14

The elders
<02205>

have ceased
<07673> (8804)

from the gate
<08179>_,

the young men
<0970>

from their musick
<05058>_.

5:15

The joy
<04885>

of our heart
<03820>

is ceased
<07673> (8804)_;

our dance
<04234>

is turned
<02015> (8738)

into mourning
<060>_.

5:16

The crown
<05850>

is fallen
<05307> (8804)

[from] our head
<07218>_:

woe
<0188>

unto us, that we have sinned
<02398> (8804)_!

{The...: Heb. The crown of our head is fallen}

5:17

For this our heart
<03820>

is faint
<01739>_;

for these [things] our eyes
<05869>

are dim
<02821> (8804)_.

5:18

Because of the mountain
<02022>

of Zion
<06726>_,

which is desolate
<08074> (8804)_,

the foxes
<07776>

walk
<01980> (8765)

upon it.

5:19

Thou, O LORD
<03068>_,

remainest
<03427> (8799)

for ever
<05769>_;

thy throne
<03678>

from generation
<01755>

to generation
<01755>_.

5:20

Wherefore dost thou forget
<07911> (8799)

us for ever
<05331>_,

[and] forsake
<05800> (8799)

us so long
<0753>

time
<03117>_?

{so...: Heb. for length of days?}

5:21

Turn
<07725> (8685)

thou us unto thee, O LORD
<03068>_,

and we shall be turned
<07725> (8799)_;

renew
<02318> (8761)

our days
<03117>

as of old
<06924>_.

5:22

But thou hast utterly
<03988> (8800)

rejected
<03988> (8804)

us; thou art very
<03966>

wroth
<07107> (8804)

against us. {But...: or, For wilt thou utterly reject us?}