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[1] How the gold has become dim!
The most pure gold has changed!
The stones of the sanctuary are poured out
at the head of every street. [2] The precious sons of Zion,
comparable to fine gold,
how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers,
the work of the hands of the potter! [3] Even the jackals offer their breast.
They nurse their young ones.
But the daughter of my people has become cruel,
like the ostriches in the wilderness. [4] The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst.
The young children ask for bread,
and no one breaks it for them. [5] Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets.
Those who were brought up in purple embrace dunghills. [6] For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom,
which was overthrown as in a moment.
No hands were laid on her. [7] Her nobles were purer than snow.
They were whiter than milk.
They were more ruddy in body than rubies.
Their polishing was like sapphire. [8] Their appearance is blacker than a coal.
They are not known in the streets.
Their skin clings to their bones.
It is withered.
It has become like wood. [9] Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger;
for these pine away, stricken through,
for lack of the fruits of the field. [10] The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children.
They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people. [11] Yahweh has accomplished his wrath.
He has poured out his fierce anger.
He has kindled a fire in Zion,
which has devoured its foundations. [12] The kings of the earth didn’t believe,
neither did all the inhabitants of the world,
that the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem. [13] It is because of the sins of her prophets
and the iniquities of her priests,
that have shed the blood of the just in the middle of her. [14] They wander as blind men in the streets.
They are polluted with blood,
So that men can’t touch their garments. [15] “Go away!” they cried to them.
“Unclean! Go away! Go away! Don’t touch!
When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations,
“They can’t live here any more.” [16] Yahweh’s anger has scattered them.
He will not pay attention to them any more.
They didn’t respect the persons of the priests.
They didn’t favor the elders. [17] Our eyes still fail,
looking in vain for our help.
In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save. [18] They hunt our steps,
so that we can’t go in our streets.
Our end is near.
Our days are fulfilled,
for our end has come. [19] Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky.
They chased us on the mountains.
They set an ambush for us in the wilderness. [20] The breath of our nostrils,
the anointed of Yahweh,
was taken in their pits;
of whom we said,
under his shadow we will live among the nations. [21] Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom,
who dwells in the land of Uz.
The cup will pass through to you also.
You will be drunken,
and will make yourself naked. [22] The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion.
He will no more carry you away into captivity.
He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom.
He will uncover your sins.
The most pure gold has changed!
The stones of the sanctuary are poured out
at the head of every street. [2] The precious sons of Zion,
comparable to fine gold,
how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers,
the work of the hands of the potter! [3] Even the jackals offer their breast.
They nurse their young ones.
But the daughter of my people has become cruel,
like the ostriches in the wilderness. [4] The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst.
The young children ask for bread,
and no one breaks it for them. [5] Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets.
Those who were brought up in purple embrace dunghills. [6] For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom,
which was overthrown as in a moment.
No hands were laid on her. [7] Her nobles were purer than snow.
They were whiter than milk.
They were more ruddy in body than rubies.
Their polishing was like sapphire. [8] Their appearance is blacker than a coal.
They are not known in the streets.
Their skin clings to their bones.
It is withered.
It has become like wood. [9] Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger;
for these pine away, stricken through,
for lack of the fruits of the field. [10] The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children.
They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people. [11] Yahweh has accomplished his wrath.
He has poured out his fierce anger.
He has kindled a fire in Zion,
which has devoured its foundations. [12] The kings of the earth didn’t believe,
neither did all the inhabitants of the world,
that the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem. [13] It is because of the sins of her prophets
and the iniquities of her priests,
that have shed the blood of the just in the middle of her. [14] They wander as blind men in the streets.
They are polluted with blood,
So that men can’t touch their garments. [15] “Go away!” they cried to them.
“Unclean! Go away! Go away! Don’t touch!
When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations,
“They can’t live here any more.” [16] Yahweh’s anger has scattered them.
He will not pay attention to them any more.
They didn’t respect the persons of the priests.
They didn’t favor the elders. [17] Our eyes still fail,
looking in vain for our help.
In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save. [18] They hunt our steps,
so that we can’t go in our streets.
Our end is near.
Our days are fulfilled,
for our end has come. [19] Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky.
They chased us on the mountains.
They set an ambush for us in the wilderness. [20] The breath of our nostrils,
the anointed of Yahweh,
was taken in their pits;
of whom we said,
under his shadow we will live among the nations. [21] Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom,
who dwells in the land of Uz.
The cup will pass through to you also.
You will be drunken,
and will make yourself naked. [22] The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion.
He will no more carry you away into captivity.
He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom.
He will uncover your sins.
King James Version
[1] How is the goldH2091 become dim!H6004(HophImpf) [how] is the mostH2896 fine goldH3800 changed!H8132(QalImpf) the stonesH68 of the sanctuaryH6944 are poured outH8210(HithImpf) in the topH7218 of every street.H2351 [2] The preciousH3368 sonsH1121 of Zion,H6726 comparableH5537(PualPtc) to fine gold,H6337 how are they esteemedH2803(NiphPerf) as earthenH2789 pitchers,H5035 the workH4639 of the handsH3027 of the potter!H3335(QalActPtc) [3] Even the sea monstersH8577 draw outH2502(QalPerf) the breast,H7699 they give suckH3243(HiphPerf) to their young ones:H1482 the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971 [is become] cruel,H393 like the ostrichesH3283 in the wilderness.H4057 [4] The tongueH3956 of the sucking childH3243(QalActPtc) cleavethH1692(QalPerf) to the roof of his mouthH2441 for thirst:H6772 the young childrenH5768 askH7592(QalPerf) bread,H3899 [and] no man breakethH6566(QalActPtc) [it] unto them. [5] They that did feedH398(QalActPtc) delicatelyH4574 are desolateH8074(NiphPerf) in the streets:H2351 they that were brought upH539(QalPasPtc) in scarletH8438 embraceH2263(PielPerf) dunghills.H830 [6] For the punishment of the iniquityH5771 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971 is greaterH1431(QalImpf) than the punishmentH2403 of the sin of Sodom,H5467 that was overthrownH2015(QalPasPtc) as in a moment,H7281 and no handsH3027 stayedH2342(QalPerf) on her. [7] Her NazaritesH5139 were purerH2141(QalPerf) than snow,H7950 they were whiterH6705(QalPerf) than milk,H2461 they were more ruddyH119(QalPerf) in bodyH6106 than rubies,H6443 their polishingH1508 [was] of sapphire:H5601 [8] Their visageH8389 is blackerH2821(QalPerf) than a coal;H7815 they are not knownH5234(NiphPerf) in the streets:H2351 their skinH5785 cleavethH6821(QalPerf) to their bones;H6106 it is withered,H3001(QalPerf) it is become like a stick.H6086 [9] [They that be] slainH2491 with the swordH2719 are betterH2896 than [they that be] slainH2491 with hunger:H7458 for theseH1992 pine away,H2100(QalImpf) strickenH1856(PualPtc) through for [want of] the fruitsH8570 of the field.H7704 [10] The handsH3027 of the pitifulH7362 womenH802 have soddenH1310(PielPerf) their own children:H3206 they were their meatH1262(PielInf) in the destructionH7667 of the daughterH1323 of my people.H5971 [11] The LordH3068 hath accomplishedH3615(PielPerf) his fury;H2534 he hath poured outH8210(QalPerf) his fierceH2740 anger,H639 and hath kindledH3341(HiphImpf) a fireH784 in Zion,H6726 and it hath devouredH398(QalImpf) the foundationsH3247 thereof. [12] The kingsH4428 of the earth,H776 and all the inhabitantsH3427(QalActPtc) of the world,H8398 would not have believedH539(HiphPerf) that the adversaryH6862 and the enemyH341(QalActPtc) should have enteredH935(QalImpf) into the gatesH8179 of Jerusalem.H3389 [13] For the sinsH2403 of her prophets,H5030 [and] the iniquitiesH5771 of her priests,H3548 that have shedH8210(QalActPtc) the bloodH1818 of the justH6662 in the midstH7130 of her, [14] They have wanderedH5128(QalPerf) [as] blindH5787 [men] in the streets,H2351 they have pollutedH1351(NiphPerf) themselves with blood,H1818 so that men couldH3201(QalImpf) notH3808 touchH5060(QalImpf) their garments.H3830 [15] They criedH7121(QalPerf) unto them, DepartH5493(QalImpv) ye; [it is] unclean;H2931 depart,H5493(QalImpv) depart,H5493(QalImpv) touchH5060(QalImpf) not: when they fled awayH5132(QalPerf) and wandered,H5128(QalPerf) they saidH559(QalPerf) among the heathen,H1471 They shall no moreH3254(HiphImpf) sojournH1481(QalInf) [there]. [16] The angerH6440 of the LordH3068 hath dividedH2505(PielPerf) them; he will no moreH3254(HiphImpf) regardH5027(HiphInf) them: they respectedH5375(QalPerf) not the personsH6440 of the priests,H3548 they favouredH2603(QalPerf) not the elders.H2205 [17] As for us, our eyesH5869 as yet failedH3615(QalImpf) for our vainH1892 help:H5833 in our watchingH6836 we have watchedH6822(PielPerf) for a nationH1471 [that] could not saveH3467(HiphImpf) [us]. [18] They huntH6679(QalPerf) our steps,H6806 that we cannot goH3212(QalInf) in our streets:H7339 our endH7093 is near,H7126(QalPerf) our daysH3117 are fulfilled;H4390(QalPerf) for our endH7093 is come.H935(QalPerf) [19] Our persecutorsH7291(QalActPtc) are swifterH7031 than the eaglesH5404 of the heaven:H8064 they pursuedH1814(QalPerf) us upon the mountains,H2022 they laid waitH693(QalPerf) for us in the wilderness.H4057 [20] The breathH7307 of our nostrils,H639 the anointedH4899 of the Lord,H3068 was takenH3920(NiphPerf) in their pits,H7825 of whom we said,H559(QalPerf) Under his shadowH6738 we shall liveH2421(QalImpf) among the heathen.H1471 [21] RejoiceH7797(QalImpv) and be glad,H8055(QalImpv) O daughterH1323 of Edom,H123 that dwellestH3427(QalActPtc) in the landH776 of Uz;H5780 the cupH3563 also shall passH5674(QalImpf) through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken,H7937(QalImpf) and shalt make thyself naked.H6168(HithImpf) [22] The punishment of thine iniquityH5771 is accomplished,H8552(QalPerf) O daughterH1323 of Zion;H6726 he will no moreH3254(HiphImpf) carry thee away into captivity:H1540(HiphInf) he will visitH6485(QalPerf) thine iniquity,H5771 O daughterH1323 of Edom;H123 he will discoverH1540(PielPerf) thy sins.H2403
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