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Lamentations 4:20
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1
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Our glittering gold has grown dull; the stones of the Temple lie scattered in the streets. |
2
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Zion's young people were as precious to us as gold, but now they are treated like common clay pots. |
3
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Even a mother wolf will nurse her cubs, but my people are like ostriches, cruel to their young. |
4
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They let their babies die of hunger and thirst; children are begging for food that no one will give them. |
5
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People who once ate the finest foods die starving in the streets; those raised in luxury are pawing through garbage for food. |
6
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My people have been punished even more than the inhabitants of Sodom, which met a sudden downfall at the hands of God. |
7
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Our princes were undefiled and pure as snow, vigorous and strong, glowing with health. |
8
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Now they lie unknown in the streets, their faces blackened in death; their skin, dry as wood, has shriveled on their bones. |
9
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Those who died in the war were better off than those who died later, who starved slowly to death, with no food to keep them alive. |
10
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The disaster that came to my people brought horror; loving mothers boiled their own children for food. |
11
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The LORD turned loose the full force of his fury; he lit a fire in Zion that burned it to the ground. |
12
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No one anywhere, not even rulers of foreign nations, believed that any invader could enter Jerusalem's gates. |
13
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But it happened, because her prophets sinned and her priests were guilty of causing the death of innocent people. |
14
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Her leaders wandered through the streets as though blind, so stained with blood that no one would touch them. |
15
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"Get away!" people shouted. "You're defiled! Don't touch me!" So they wandered from nation to nation, welcomed by no one. |
16
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The LORD had no more concern for them; he scattered them himself. He showed no regard for our priests and leaders. |
17
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For help that never came, we looked until we could look no longer. We kept waiting for help from a nation that had none to give. |
18
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The enemy was watching for us; we could not even walk in the streets. Our days were over; the end had come. |
19
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Swifter than eagles swooping from the sky, they chased us down. They tracked us down in the hills; they took us by surprise in the desert. |
20
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They captured the source of our life, the king the LORD had chosen, the one we had trusted to protect us from every invader. |
21
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Laugh on, people of Edom and Uz; be glad while you can. Your disaster is coming too; you too will stagger naked in shame. |
22
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Zion has paid for her sin; the LORD will not keep us in exile any longer. But Edom, the LORD will punish you; he will expose your guilty acts. |