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Lamentations 4 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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The Degradation of Zion
Zion Degraded

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:1 - How the gold has become dim!
How changed the fine gold!
The stones of the sanctuary are scattered
At the head of every street.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:2 - The precious sons of Zion,
Valuable as fine gold,
How they are regarded as clay pots,
The work of the hands of the potter!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:3 - Even the jackals present their breasts
To nurse their young;
But the daughter of my people is cruel,
Like ostriches in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:4 - The tongue of the infant clings
To the roof of its mouth for thirst;
The young children ask for bread,
But no one breaks it for them.

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Are desolate in the streets;
Those who were brought up in scarlet
Embrace ash heaps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:6 - The punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people
Is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom,
Which was overthrown in a moment,
With no hand to help her!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:7 - Her Nazirites[fn] were brighter than snow
And whiter than milk;
They were more ruddy in body than rubies,
Like sapphire in their appearance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:8 - Now their appearance is blacker than soot;
They go unrecognized in the streets;
Their skin clings to their bones,
It has become as dry as wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:9 - Those slain by the sword are better off
Than those who die of hunger;
For these pine away,
Stricken for lack of the fruits of the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:10 - The hands of the compassionate women
Have cooked their own children;
They became food for them
In the destruction of the daughter of my people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:11 - The LORD has fulfilled His fury,
He has poured out His fierce anger.
He kindled a fire in Zion,
And it has devoured its foundations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:12 - The kings of the earth,
And all inhabitants of the world,
Would not have believed
That the adversary and the enemy
Could enter the gates of Jerusalem—

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:13 - Because of the sins of her prophets
And the iniquities of her priests,
Who shed in her midst
The blood of the just.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:14 - They wandered blind in the streets;
They have defiled themselves with blood,
So that no one would touch their garments.

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“Go away, unclean!
Go away, go away,
Do not touch us!”
When they fled and wandered,
Those among the nations said,
“They shall no longer dwell here.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:16 - The face[fn] of the LORD scattered them;
He no longer regards them.
The people do not respect the priests
Nor show favor to the elders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:17 - Still our eyes failed us,
Watching vainly for our help;
In our watching we watched
For a nation that could not save us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:18 - They tracked our steps
So that we could not walk in our streets.
Our end was near;
Our days were over,
For our end had come.

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Than the eagles of the heavens.
They pursued us on the mountains
And lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:20 - The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD,
Was caught in their pits,
Of whom we said, “Under his shadow
We shall live among the nations.”

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You who dwell in the land of Uz!
The cup shall also pass over to you
And you shall become drunk and make yourself naked.

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O daughter of Zion;
He will no longer send you into captivity.
He will punish your iniquity,
O daughter of Edom;
He will uncover your sins!
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Or nobles
Targum reads anger.
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Lamentations Chapter 4 — Additional Translations:

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