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1. See how the gold has lost its shine, how the pure gold has dulled! at every street corner.
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1. How H349 is the gold H2091 become dim H6004 ! how is the most H2896 fine gold H3800 changed H8132 ! the stones H68 of the sanctuary H6944 are poured out H8210 in the top H7218 of every H3605 street H2351 .
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2. 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.
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2. The precious H3368 sons H1121 of Zion H6726 , comparable H5537 to fine gold H6337 , how H349 are they esteemed H2803 as earthen H2789 pitchers H5035 , the work H4639 of the hands H3027 of the potter H3335 !
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3. Even wild dogs give their milk to feed their young, but my people are cruel like ostriches in the desert.
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3. Even H1571 the sea monsters H8565 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 .
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4. The babies are so thirsty their tongues stick to the roofs of their mouths. Children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
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4. The tongue H3956 of the sucking child H3243 cleaveth H1692 to H413 the roof of his mouth H2441 for thirst H6772 : the young children H5768 ask H7592 bread H3899 , and no man H369 breaketh H6566 it unto them.
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5. Those who once ate fine foods are now starving in the streets. People who grew up wearing nice clothes now pick through trash piles.
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5. They that did feed H398 delicately H4574 are desolate H8074 in the streets H2351 : they that were brought up H539 in H5921 scarlet H8438 embrace H2263 dunghills H830 .
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6. My people have been punished more than Sodom was. Sodom was destroyed suddenly, and no hands reached out to help her.
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6. For the punishment of the iniquity H5771 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 is greater H1431 than the punishment of the sin H4480 H2403 of Sodom H5467 , that was overthrown H2015 as in H3644 a moment H7281 , and no H3808 hands H3027 stayed H2342 on her.
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7. Our princes were purer than snow, and whiter than milk. Their bodies were redder than rubies; they looked like sapphires.
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7. Her Nazarites H5139 were purer H2141 than snow H4480 H7950 , they were whiter H6705 than milk H4480 H2461 , they were more ruddy H119 in body H6106 than rubies H4480 H6443 , their polishing H1508 was of sapphire H5601 :
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8. 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.
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8. Their visage H8389 is blacker H2821 than a coal H4480 H7815 ; they are not H3808 known H5234 in the streets H2351 : their skin H5785 cleaveth H6821 to H5921 their bones H6106 ; it is withered H3001 , it is become H1961 like a stick H6086 .
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9. 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.
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9. They that be slain H2491 with the sword H2719 are H1961 better H2896 than they that be slain H4480 H2491 with hunger H7458 : for these H7945 H1992 pine away H2100 , stricken through H1856 for want of the fruits H4480 H8570 of the field H7704 .
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10. With their own hands kind women cook their own children. They became food when my people were destroyed.
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10. The hands H3027 of the pitiful H7362 women H802 have sodden H1310 their own children H3206 : they were H1961 their meat H1262 in the destruction H7667 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 .
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11. 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.
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11. The LORD H3068 hath accomplished H3615 H853 his fury H2534 ; he hath poured out H8210 his fierce H2740 anger H639 , and hath kindled H3341 a fire H784 in Zion H6726 , and it hath devoured H398 the foundations H3247 thereof.
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12. Kings of the earth and people of the world could not believe that enemies and foes could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
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12. The kings H4428 of the earth H776 , and all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the world H8398 , would not H3808 have believed H539 that H3588 the adversary H6862 and the enemy H341 should have entered H935 into the gates H8179 of Jerusalem H3389 .
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13. It happened because her prophets sinned and her priests did evil. They killed in the city those who did what was right.
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13. For the sins H4480 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,
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14. They wandered in the streets as if they were blind. They were dirty with blood, so no one would touch their clothes.
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14. They have wandered H5128 as blind H5787 men in the streets H2351 , they have polluted H1351 themselves with blood H1818 , so that men could H3201 not H3808 touch H5060 their garments H3830 .
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15. "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."
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15. They cried H7121 unto them, Depart H5493 ye; it is unclean H2931 ; depart H5493 , depart H5493 , touch H5060 not H408 : when H3588 they fled away H5132 and H1571 wandered H5128 , they said H559 among the heathen H1471 , They shall no H3808 more H3254 sojourn H1481 there .
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16. The Lord himself scattered them and did not look after them anymore. No one respects the priests or honors the older leaders.
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16. The anger H6440 of the LORD H3068 hath divided H2505 them ; he will no H3808 more H3254 regard H5027 them : they respected H5375 not H3808 the persons H6440 of the priests H3548 , they favored H2603 not H3808 the elders H2205 .
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17. Also, our eyes grew tired, looking for help that never came. We kept watch from our towers for a nation to save us.
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17. As for us , our eyes H5869 as yet H5750 failed H3615 for H413 our vain H1892 help H5833 : in our watching H6836 we have watched H6822 for H413 a nation H1471 that could not H3808 save H3467 us .
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18. 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.
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18. They hunt H6679 our steps H6806 , that we cannot go H4480 H1980 in our streets H7339 : our end H7093 is near H7126 , our days H3117 are fulfilled H4390 ; for H3588 our end H7093 is come H935 .
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19. Those who chased us were faster than eagles in the sky. They ran us into the mountains and ambushed us in the desert.
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19. Our persecutors H7291 are H1961 swifter H7031 than the eagles H4480 H5404 of the heaven H8064 : they pursued H1814 us upon H5921 the mountains H2022 , they laid wait H693 for us in the wilderness H4057 .
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20. 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."
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20. The breath H7307 of our nostrils H639 , the anointed H4899 of the LORD H3068 , was taken H3920 in their pits H7825 , of whom H834 we said H559 , Under his shadow H6738 we shall live H2421 among the heathen H1471 .
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21. 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.
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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 also H1571 shall pass through H5674 unto H5921 thee : thou shalt be drunken H7937 , and shalt make thyself naked H6168 .
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22. 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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22. The punishment of thine iniquity H5771 is accomplished H8552 , O daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 ; he will no H3808 more H3254 carry thee away into captivity H1540 : he will visit H6485 thine iniquity H5771 , O daughter H1323 of Edom H123 ; he will discover H1540 H5921 thy sins H2403 .
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