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How 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 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 sea monsters[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 punishment[H2403] of the iniquity[H5771] of the daughter[H1323] of my people[H5971] is greater[H1431] than the punishment[H2403] of the sin of Sodom[H5467], that was overthrown[H2015] as in a moment[H7281], and no hands[H3027]stayed[H2342] on her.
7
Her Nazarites[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 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 be slain[H2491] with the sword[H2719] are better[H2896] than they that be 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 sodden[H1310] their own children[H3206]: they were their meat[H1262] in the destruction[H7667] of the daughter[H1323] of my people[H5971].
11
The LORD[H3068] hath accomplished[H3615] 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.
12
The kings[H4428] of the earth[H776], and all the inhabitants[H3427] of the world[H8398], would not have believed[H539] that the adversary[H6862] and the enemy[H341] should have entered[H935] into the gates[H8179] of Jerusalem[H3389].
13
For 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 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].
15
They cried[H7121] unto them, Depart[H5493] ye; it is unclean[H2931]; depart[H5493], depart[H5493], touch[H5060] not: when they fled away[H5132] and wandered[H5128], they said[H559] among the heathen[H1471], They shall no more[H3254]sojourn[H1481] there.
16
The anger[H6440] of the LORD[H3068] hath divided[H2505] them; he will no more[H3254]regard[H5027] them: they respected[H5375] not the persons[H6440] of the priests[H3548], they favoured[H2603] not the elders[H2205].
17
As for us, our eyes[H5869] as yet failed[H3615] for our vain[H1892]help[H5833]: in our watching[H6836] we have watched[H6822] for a nation[H1471] that could not save[H3467] us.
18
They hunt[H6679] our steps[H6806], 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 persecutors[H7291] are swifter[H7031] than the eagles[H5404] of the heaven[H8064]: they pursued[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 the LORD[H3068], was taken[H3920] in their pits[H7825], of whom we said[H559], Under his shadow[H6738] we shall live[H2421] among the heathen[H1471].
21Rejoice[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 shall pass[H5674] through unto 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] 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 discover[H1540] thy sins[H2403].