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World English Bible Classic
[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.
King James Version
[1] 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 H1571 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 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 H853 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 H539 not H3808 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 H3808 the persons H6440 of the priests, H3548
They favoured H2603 not H3808 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 H3588 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
[21] Rejoice 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 H1571 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§

Footnotes

  1. § 4:3 Or, sea calves
  2. § 4:6 Or, iniquity
  3. § 4:9 Heb. flow out
  4. § 4:14 Or, in that they could not but touch
  5. § 4:15 Or, ye polluted
  6. § 4:16 Or, face
  7. § 4:22a Or, thine iniquity
  8. § 4:22b Or, carry thee captive for thy sins
Septuaginta
[1] Πῶς G4459 ἀμαυρωθήσεται χρυσίον, G5553 ἀλλοιωθήσεται τὸ G3588 ἀργύριον G694 τὸ G3588 ἀγαθόν; G18 Ἐξεχύθησαν G1632 λίθοι G3037 ἅγιοι G40 ἐπ’ G1909 ἀρχῆς G746 πασῶν G3956 ἐξόδων. G1841 [2] Υἱοὶ G5207 Σιων G4622 οἱ G3588 τίμιοι G5093 οἱ G3588 ἐπηρμένοι G1869 ἐν G1722 χρυσίῳ G5553 πῶς G4459 ἐλογίσθησαν G3049 εἰς G1519 ἀγγεῖα G30 ὀστράκινα G3749 ἔργα G2041 χειρῶν G5495 κεραμέως; G2763 [3] Καί G2532 γε G1065 δράκοντες G1404 ἐξέδυσαν G1562 μαστούς, G3149 ἐθήλασαν G2337 σκύμνοι αὐτῶν· G846 θυγατέρες G2364 λαοῦ G2992 μου G3450 εἰς G1519 ἀνίατον ὡς G5613 στρουθίον G4765 ἐν G1722 ἐρήμῳ. G2048 [4] Ἐκολλήθη G2853 ἡ G3588 γλῶσσα G1100 θηλάζοντος G2337 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 φάρυγγα αὐτοῦ G846 ἐν G1722 δίψει· G1373 νήπια G3516 ᾔτησαν G154 ἄρτον, G740 ὁ G3588 διακλῶν οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 αὐτοῖς. G846 [5] Οἱ G3588 ἔσθοντες τὰς G3588 τρυφὰς G5172 ἠφανίσθησαν G853 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 ἐξόδοις, G1841 οἱ G3588 τιθηνούμενοι ἐπὶ G1909 κόκκων G2848 περιεβάλοντο G4016 κοπρίας. G2874 [6] Καὶ G2532 ἐμεγαλύνθη G3170 ἀνομία G458 θυγατρὸς G2364 λαοῦ G2992 μου G3450 ὑπὲρ G5228 ἀνομίας G458 Σοδομων τῆς G3588 κατεστραμμένης G2690 ὥσπερ G5618 σπουδῇ, G4710 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἐπόνεσαν ἐν G1722 αὐτῇ G846 χεῖρας. G5495 [7] Ἐκαθαριώθησαν G2511 ναζιραῖοι αὐτῆς G846 ὑπὲρ G5228 χιόνα, G5510 ἔλαμψαν G2989 ὑπὲρ G5228 γάλα, G1051 ἐπυρρώθησαν ὑπὲρ G5228 λίθους G3037 σαπφείρου G4552 τὸ G3588 ἀπόσπασμα αὐτῶν. G846 [8] Ἐσκότασεν ὑπὲρ G5228 ἀσβόλην τὸ G3588 εἶδος G1491 αὐτῶν, G846 οὐκ G3756 ἐπεγνώσθησαν G1921 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 ἐξόδοις· G1841 ἐπάγη G4078 δέρμα G1192 αὐτῶν G846 ἐπὶ G1909 τὰ G3588 ὀστέα G3747 αὐτῶν, G846 ἐξηράνθησαν, G3583 ἐγενήθησαν G1096 ὥσπερ G5618 ξύλον. G3586 [9] Καλοὶ G2570 ἦσαν G2258 οἱ G3588 τραυματίαι ῥομφαίας G4501 ἢ G2228 οἱ G3588 τραυματίαι λιμοῦ· G3042 ἐπορεύθησαν G4198 ἐκκεκεντημένοι G1574 ἀπὸ G575 γενημάτων G1081 ἀγρῶν. G68 [10] Χεῖρες G5495 γυναικῶν G1135 οἰκτιρμόνων G3629 ἥψησαν τὰ G3588 παιδία G3813 αὐτῶν, G846 ἐγενήθησαν G1096 εἰς G1519 βρῶσιν G1035 αὐταῖς G846 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 συντρίμματι G4938 τῆς G3588 θυγατρὸς G2364 λαοῦ G2992 μου. G3450 [11] Συνετέλεσεν G4931 κύριος G2962 θυμὸν G2372 αὐτοῦ, G846 ἐξέχεεν G1632 θυμὸν G2372 ὀργῆς G3709 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ἀνῆψεν G381 πῦρ G4442 ἐν G1722 Σιων, G4622 καὶ G2532 κατέφαγεν G2719 τὰ G3588 θεμέλια G2310 αὐτῆς. G846 [12] Οὐκ G3756 ἐπίστευσαν G4100 βασιλεῖς G935 γῆς, G1093 πάντες G3956 οἱ G3588 κατοικοῦντες G2730 τὴν G3588 οἰκουμένην, G3625 ὅτι G3754 εἰσελεύσεται G1525 ἐχθρὸς G2190 καὶ G2532 ἐκθλίβων διὰ G1223 τῶν G3588 πυλῶν G4439 Ιερουσαλημ. G2419 [13] Ἐξ G1537 ἁμαρτιῶν G266 προφητῶν G4396 αὐτῆς, G846 ἀδικιῶν G93 ἱερέων G2409 αὐτῆς G846 τῶν G3588 ἐκχεόντων G1632 αἷμα G129 δίκαιον G1342 ἐν G1722 μέσῳ G3319 αὐτῆς. G846 [14] Ἐσαλεύθησαν G4531 ἐγρήγοροι G1453 αὐτῆς G846 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 ἐξόδοις, G1841 ἐμολύνθησαν G3435 ἐν G1722 αἵματι· G129 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 μὴ G3361 δύνασθαι G1410 αὐτοὺς G846 ἥψαντο G680 ἐνδυμάτων G1742 αὐτῶν. G846 [15] Ἀπόστητε G868 ἀκαθάρτων G169 —καλέσατε G2564 αὐτούς G846 —ἀπόστητε G868 ἀπόστητε, G868 μὴ G3361 ἅπτεσθε, G680 ὅτι G3754 ἀνήφθησαν G381 καί G2532 γε G1065 ἐσαλεύθησαν· G4531 εἴπατε G2036 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 ἔθνεσιν G1484 Οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 προσθῶσιν G4369 τοῦ G3588 παροικεῖν. G3939 [16] Πρόσωπον G4383 κυρίου G2962 μερὶς G3310 αὐτῶν, G846 οὐ G3756 προσθήσει G4369 ἐπιβλέψαι G1914 αὐτοῖς· G846 πρόσωπον G4383 ἱερέων G2409 οὐκ G3756 ἔλαβον, G2983 πρεσβύτας G4246 οὐκ G3756 ἠλέησαν. G1653 [17] Ἔτι G2089 ὄντων G5607 ἡμῶν G2257 ἐξέλιπον G1587 οἱ G3588 ὀφθαλμοὶ G3788 ἡμῶν G2257 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 βοήθειαν G996 ἡμῶν G2257 μάταια· G3152 ἀποσκοπευόντων ἡμῶν G2257 ἀπεσκοπεύσαμεν εἰς G1519 ἔθνος G1484 οὐ G3756 σῷζον. G4982 [18] Ἐθηρεύσαμεν G2340 μικροὺς G3398 ἡμῶν G2257 τοῦ G3588 μὴ G3361 πορεύεσθαι G4198 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 πλατείαις G4116 ἡμῶν· G2257 ἤγγικεν G1448 ὁ G3588 καιρὸς G2540 ἡμῶν, G2257 ἐπληρώθησαν G4137 αἱ G3588 ἡμέραι G2250 ἡμῶν, G2257 πάρεστιν G3918 ὁ G3588 καιρὸς G2540 ἡμῶν. G2257 [19] Κοῦφοι ἐγένοντο G1096 οἱ G3588 διώκοντες G1377 ἡμᾶς G2248 ὑπὲρ G5228 ἀετοὺς G105 οὐρανοῦ, G3772 ἐπὶ G1909 τῶν G3588 ὀρέων G3735 ἐξήφθησαν, ἐν G1722 ἐρήμῳ G2048 ἐνήδρευσαν G1748 ἡμᾶς. G2248 [20] Πνεῦμα G4151 προσώπου G4383 ἡμῶν G2257 χριστὸς G5547 κυρίου G2962 συνελήμφθη G4815 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 διαφθοραῖς G1312 αὐτῶν, G846 οὗ G3739 εἴπαμεν G2036 Ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 σκιᾷ G4639 αὐτοῦ G846 ζησόμεθα G2198 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 ἔθνεσιν. G1484 [21] Χαῖρε G5463 καὶ G2532 εὐφραίνου, G2165 θύγατερ G2364 Ιδουμαίας G2401 ἡ G3588 κατοικοῦσα G2730 ἐπὶ G1909 γῆς· G1093 καί G2532 γε G1065 ἐπὶ G1909 σὲ G4571 διελεύσεται G1330 τὸ G3588 ποτήριον G4221 κυρίου, G2962 καὶ G2532 μεθυσθήσῃ G3182 καὶ G2532 ἀποχεεῖς. [22] Ἐξέλιπεν G1587 ἡ G3588 ἀνομία G458 σου, G4675 θύγατερ G2364 Σιων· G4622 οὐ G3756 προσθήσει G4369 ἔτι G2089 ἀποικίσαι σε. G4571 Ἐπεσκέψατο G1980 ἀνομίας G458 σου, G4675 θύγατερ G2364 Εδωμ· ἀπεκάλυψεν G601 ἐπὶ G1909 τὰ G3588 ἀσεβήματά σου. G4675
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament