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Lamentations 4:1 (NIRV) New International Reader's Version

1 Look at how the gold has lost its brightness! See how dull the fine gold has become! The sacred jewels are scattered at every street corner.
2 The priceless children of Zion were worth their weight in gold. But now they are thought of as clay pots made by the hands of a potter.
3 Even wild dogs nurse their young pups. But my people are as mean as ostriches in the desert.
4 When our babies get thirsty, their tongues stick to the roofs of their mouths. When our children beg for bread, no one gives them any.
5 Those who once ate fine food are dying in the streets. Those who wore fancy clothes are now lying on piles of trash.
6 My people have been punished more than Sodom was. It was destroyed in a moment. No one offered it a helping hand.
7 Jerusalem's princes were brighter than snow. They were whiter than milk. Their bodies were redder than rubies. They looked like sapphires.
8 But now they are blacker than coal. No one even recognizes them in the streets. Their skin is wrinkled on their bones. It has become as dry as a stick.
9 Those who have been killed with swords are better off than those who have to die of hunger. Those who are hungry waste away to nothing. They don't have any food from the fields.
10 With their own hands, loving mothers have had to cook even their own children. They ate their children when my people were destroyed.
11 The Lord has become very angry. He has poured out his burning anger. He started a fire in Zion. It burned up the very foundations.
12 The kings of the earth couldn't believe what was happening. Neither could any of the world's people. Enemies actually attacked and entered the gates of Jerusalem.
13 It happened because Jerusalem's prophets had sinned. Its priests had done evil things. All of them spilled the blood of those who did what was right.
14 Now those prophets and priests have to feel their way along the streets like people who are blind. The blood of those they killed has made them "unclean." So no one dares even to touch their clothes.
15 "Go away! You are 'unclean'!" people cry out to them. "Go away! Get out of here! Don't touch us!" So they run away and wander around. Then people among the nations say, "They can't stay here anymore."
16 The Lord himself has scattered them. He doesn't watch over them anymore. No one shows the priests any respect. No one honors the elders.
17 And that's not all. Our eyes grew tired. We looked for help that never came. We watched from our towers. We kept looking for a nation that couldn't save us.
18 People hunted us down no matter where we went. We couldn't even walk in our streets. Our end was near. We only had a few days to live. Our end had come.
19 Those who were hunting us down were faster than eagles in the sky. They chased us over the mountains. They hid and waited for us in the desert.
20 Zedekiah, the Lord's anointed king, was our last hope. But he was caught in their traps. We thought he would keep us safe. We expected to continue living among the nations.
21 People of Edom, be joyful. You who live in the land of Uz, be glad. But the cup of the Lord's anger will also be passed to you. Then you will become drunk. Your clothes will be stripped off.
22 People of Zion, the time for you to be punished will come to an end. The Lord won't keep you away from your land any longer. But he will punish your sin, people of Edom. He will show you the evil things you have done.
1 How H349 is the gold H2091 NMS become dim H6004 ! how is the most H2896 D-NMS fine gold H3800 changed H8132 ! the stones H68 CMP of the sanctuary H6944 are poured out H8210 in the top H7218 B-NMS of every H3605 NMS street H2351 CFP .
2 The precious H3368 sons H1121 of Zion H6726 , comparable H5537 to fine gold H6337 , how H349 are they esteemed H2803 VNQ3MP as earthen H2789 NMS pitchers H5035 , the work H4639 M-CMS of the hands H3027 CFD of the potter H3335 !
3 Even H1571 CONJ the sea monsters H8565 draw out H2502 the breast H7699 , they give suck H3243 to their young ones H1482 : the daughter H1323 CFS of my people H5971 is become cruel H393 L-AMS , like the ostriches H3283 in the wilderness H4057 .
4 The tongue H3956 L-CMS of the sucking child H3243 cleaveth H1692 VQQ3MS to H413 PREP the roof of his mouth H2441 for thirst H6772 : the young children H5768 ask H7592 bread H3899 NMS , and no man H369 NPAR breaketh H6566 it unto them .
5 They that did feed H398 delicately H4574 are desolate H8074 VNQ3MP in the streets H2351 : they that were brought up H539 in H5921 PREP scarlet H8438 embrace H2263 VPQ3MP dunghills H830 .
6 For the punishment of the iniquity H5771 of the daughter H1323 CFS of my people H5971 is greater H1431 than the punishment of the sin H2403 of Sodom H5467 TFS , that was overthrown H2015 as in H3644 PREP a moment H7281 , and no H3808 W-NPAR hands H3027 stayed H2342 on her .
7 Her Nazarites H5139 were purer H2141 VQQ3MP than snow H7950 , they were whiter H6705 than milk H2461 , they were more ruddy H119 in body H6106 GFS than rubies H6443 , their polishing H1508 was of sapphire H5601 NMS :
8 Their visage H8389 is blacker H2821 VQQ3MS than a coal H7815 ; they are not H3808 NADV known H5234 in the streets H2351 : their skin H5785 cleaveth H6821 to H5921 PREP their bones H6106 ; it is withered H3001 , it is become H1961 VQQ3MS like a stick H6086 .
9 They that be slain H2491 with the sword H2719 GFS are H1961 VQQ3MP better H2896 than they that be slain H2491 with hunger H7458 NMS : for these H7945 pine away H2100 , stricken through H1856 for want of the fruits H8570 of the field H7704 .
10 The hands H3027 CFD of the pitiful H7362 women H802 GFP have sodden H1310 their own children H3206 CMS-3FP : they were H1961 VQQ3MP their meat H1262 in the destruction H7667 of the daughter H1323 CFS of my people H5971 .
11 The LORD H3068 EDS hath accomplished H3615 his fury H2534 ; he hath poured out H8210 his fierce H2740 CMS anger H639 CMS-3MS , and hath kindled H3341 a fire H784 CMS in Zion H6726 , and it hath devoured H398 W-VQY3FS the foundations H3247 thereof .
12 The kings H4428 CMP of the earth H776 GFS , and all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the world H8398 NFS , would not H3808 NADV have believed H539 that H3588 CONJ the adversary H6862 AMS and the enemy H341 should have entered H935 VQY3MS into the gates H8179 of Jerusalem H3389 .
13 For the sins H2403 of her prophets H5030 , and the iniquities H5771 GMP of her priests H3548 , that have shed H8210 the blood H1818 CMS of the just H6662 AMP in the midst H7130 of her ,
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 B-NPAR touch H5060 their garments H3830 .
15 They cried H7121 unto them , Depart H5493 ye ; it is unclean H2931 ; depart H5493 , depart H5493 , touch H5060 not H408 NPAR : when H3588 CONJ they fled away H5132 and H1571 CONJ wandered H5128 , they said H559 among the heathen H1471 , They shall no H3808 NADV more H3254 VHY3MP sojourn H1481 there .
16 The anger H6440 CMP of the LORD H3068 EDS hath divided H2505 them ; he will no H3808 NADV more H3254 regard H5027 them : they respected H5375 not H3808 NADV the persons H6440 CMP of the priests H3548 , they favored H2603 not H3808 NADV the elders H2205 .
17 As for us , our eyes H5869 as yet H5750 failed H3615 VQY3FP for H413 PREP our vain H1892 NMS help H5833 : in our watching H6836 we have watched H6822 for H413 PREP a nation H1471 NMS that could not H3808 NADV save H3467 VHY3MS us .
18 They hunt H6679 our steps H6806 , that we cannot go H1980 in our streets H7339 : our end H7093 is near H7126 , our days H3117 CMP-1MP are fulfilled H4390 VQQ3MP ; for H3588 CONJ our end H7093 is come H935 .
19 Our persecutors H7291 are H1961 VQQ3MP swifter H7031 than the eagles H5404 of the heaven H8064 NMS : they pursued H1814 us upon H5921 PREP the mountains H2022 , they laid wait H693 for us in the wilderness H4057 .
20 The breath H7307 NFS of our nostrils H639 , the anointed H4899 of the LORD H3068 EDS , was taken H3920 in their pits H7825 , of whom H834 RPRO we said H559 , Under his shadow H6738 we shall live H2421 among the heathen H1471 .
21 Rejoice H7797 and be glad H8055 , O daughter H1323 CFS of Edom H123 , that dwellest H3427 in the land H776 B-GFS of Uz H5780 EMS ; the cup H3563 also H1571 CONJ shall pass through H5674 unto H5921 thee : thou shalt be drunken H7937 , and shalt make thyself naked H6168 .
22 The punishment of thine iniquity H5771 is accomplished H8552 , O daughter H1323 CFS of Zion H6726 ; he will no H3808 NADV more H3254 carry thee away into captivity H1540 : he will visit H6485 VQQ3MS thine iniquity H5771 , O daughter H1323 CFS of Edom H123 ; he will discover H1540 thy sins H2403 .
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