- 1. ¶ HOW is the fine gold rejected! how is the lovely color faded! the stones of the sanctuary are thrown down at the head of every street.
- 2. The precious sons of Zion, who were better than precious stones, how are they esteemed as earthen pots, the work of the hands of the potter!
- 3. The women uncover their breasts like jackals, they give suck to their young ones; the daughters of my people have become like wounds that cannot be healed and like ostriches in the wilderness.
- 4. The tongue of the suckling child cleaves to the roof of his mouth for thirst; the children ask bread, but no one breaks the loaf and gives it to them.
- 5. Those that fed on delicacies are destitute in the streets; those who were reared in scarlet sleep in dunghills.
- 6. For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment and no hands were weary in destroying it.
- 7. Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; their cheeks were more ruddy than rubies, and their form more beautiful than sapphires.
- 8. But now their visage is blacker than charcoal; they are not recognized in the streets; their skin is shriveled on their bones; it has dried up and it has become like a stick.
- 9. Those who were slain by the sword are better than those who are slain with hunger; for these pine away, like those who are wounded and thrown in the field.
- 10. The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- 11. The LORD has accomplished his fury; he has poured out his fierce anger and has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has devoured the foundations thereof.
- 12. The kings of the earth did not believe, nor all the inhabitants of the world, that the enemy and the oppressor could come and enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
- 13. ¶ It happened for the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who have shed in the midst of her the blood of the righteous.
- 14. Her princes wander in her streets, they wallow in blood, so that no one could touch their garments.
- 15. Separate yourselves from them, call them unclean; depart, depart, do not touch them; for they have caused provocations and are troubled; among the Gentiles the people said, They shall no more sojourn there.
- 16. Our eyes have become dull waiting for help; our watchmen have watched in vain for a nation that could not save.
- 17. The presence of the LORD has divided them; he will no more regard them; they did not respect the persons of priests, they did not have compassion on the elders.
- 18. They hunt for the little people and for those who walk in the streets; our end is near, our days are finished, for our time is come.
- 19. Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the air; they chased us upon the mountains, they laid in wait for us in the wilderness.
- 20. Our very spirit, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we had said, Under his shadow we shall live among the Gentiles.
- 21. ¶ Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom that dwells in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass to you; you shall become drunken you shall be harassed.
- 22. Your iniquities have come to an end, O daughter of Zion; God will no more carry you away into captivity; but your iniquities will be punished, O daughter of Edom; your sins are well uncovered.
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