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Lamentations 4 :: New International Version (NIV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:1 - How the gold has lost its luster, the fine gold become dull! The sacred gems are scattered at every street corner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:2 - How the precious children of Zion, once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:3 - Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but my people have become heartless like ostriches in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:4 - Because of thirst the infant’s tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth; the children beg for bread, but no one gives it to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:5 - Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets. Those brought up in royal purple now lie on ash heaps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:6 - The punishment of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment without a hand turned to help her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:7 - Their princes were brighter than snow and whiter than milk, their bodies more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like lapis lazuli.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:8 - But now they are blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:9 - Those killed by the sword are better off than those who die of famine; racked with hunger, they waste away for lack of food from the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:10 - With their own hands compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food when my people were destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:11 - The LORD has given full vent to his wrath; he has poured out his fierce anger. He kindled a fire in Zion that consumed her foundations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:12 - The kings of the earth did not believe, nor did any of the peoples of the world, that enemies and foes could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:13 - But it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed within her the blood of the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:14 - Now they grope through the streets as if they were blind. They are so defiled with blood that no one dares to touch their garments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:15 - “Go away! You are unclean!” people cry to them. “Away! Away! Don’t touch us!” When they flee and wander about, people among the nations say, “They can stay here no longer.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:16 - The LORD himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. The priests are shown no honor, the elders no favor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:17 - Moreover, our eyes failed, looking in vain for help; from our towers we watched for a nation that could not save us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:18 - People stalked us at every step, so we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near, our days were numbered, for our end had come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:19 - Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky; they chased us over the mountains and lay in wait for us in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:20 - The LORD’s anointed, our very life breath, was caught in their traps. We thought that under his shadow we would live among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:21 - Rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom, you who live in the land of Uz. But to you also the cup will be passed; you will be drunk and stripped naked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:22 - Your punishment will end, Daughter Zion; he will not prolong your exile. But he will punish your sin, Daughter Edom, and expose your wickedness.
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Lamentations Chapter 4 — Additional Translations:

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