Lamentations 4:5 Cross References - Great

⁵ They that were wonte to fare delycatly, peryshe in the streates: they that afore were brought vp in purple, make nowe moche of donge.

⁵⁴ so that it shall greue the man (that is tender & exceadynge delycate amonge you,) to loke on hys brother and vpon hys wyfe that lyeth in hys bosome, and on the remnaunte of hys chyldren, whych he hath yet lefte: ⁵⁵ for feare of geuynge (vnto anye of them) of the fleshe of hys chyldren, whom he shall eate, because he hath nothynge left hym in that straytenesse & sege, wherwith thyne enemye shall besege the in all thy cyties. ⁵⁶ Yee and the woman that is so tender and delycate, that she dare not aduenture to set the sole of her foote vpon the grounde, (for softnesse and tendernesse) shalbe greued to loke on her husbande that lyeth in her bosome, & on her sonne and on her daughter:

²⁴ Ye daughters of Israel, wepe ouer Saul, which clothed you in purple with pleasures, and hanged ornamentes of golde vpon your apparell.

⁸ So that when the showers in the mountaynes haue rayned vpon them, & they be all wett, they haue none other succoure, but to kepe them amonge the rockes.

²¹ She feareth not that the colde of wynter shall hurte her house, for all her housholde folkes are clothed with skarlett.

¹⁶ Moreouer, thus sayth the lord: Seing the daughters of Sion are be come so proude, and come in wt stretched out neckes and with vayne wanton eyes: seynge they come in tryppyng so nycely with theyr fete: ¹⁷ Therfore shall the Lorde shaue the heades of the daughters of Sion, and shal discouer theyr shame. ¹⁸ In that daye shall the Lord take awaye the gorgiousnes of theyr apparell, and spanges, cheynes, partelettes, ¹⁹ and colarres, bracelettes and hooues, ²⁰ the goodly floured, wyde and brodered rayment, brooches, and headbandes, ²¹ rynges and garlandes, ²² holy daye clothes and vales, kerchefes and pinnes, ²³ glasses and cypresses, bonettes and taches. ²⁴ And in steade of good smell, there shalbe stynck amonge them. And for theyr gyrdles there shalbe lowse bandes. And for well sett heare there shalbe baldenesse. In steade of a stomacher, a sack cloth, and for theyr bewty witherdnesse, and sonne burnyng. ²⁵ Youre housbandes and myghtie men shall perysh with the swerde in batayle. ²⁶ At that tyme shal theyr gates mourne and complayne, and they shall sytt as desolate folck vpon the earth.

⁶ Therfore hath the curse consumed the earth, and they that dwell therin, are fallen into trespace. Wherfore, the inhabitours of the earth are perished with drouth, and fewe men are left behynde. ⁷ The wyne faileth: the vyne hath no myght, all they that haue bene mery of hart, are come to mournyng. ⁸ The myrth of tabrettes is layed downe, the noyse of such as haue made mery, is ceassed, the ioye at the herpe is at an ende. ⁹ They shall drynke nomore wyne wt myrth, strong drynke shalbe bytter to them that drynke it. ¹⁰ The citye of vanite is broken downe, euery house is shut vp, that noman maye come in. ¹¹ In the stretes is there a cryeng because of wyne, all chere is vanished awaye, the myrth of the worlde is gone, ¹² in the citye is left desolacyon and the gate is smytten with destruccion.

⁹ Up (ye ryche and ydell women) herken vnto my voyce. Ye careles cities, marke my wordes. ¹⁰ After yeares and dayes shall ye be brought in feare, O ye careles cities. For haruest shalbe out, & the grape gatherynge shall not come. ¹¹ O ye rych ydell cities ye that feare no parell. Be abashed, you that lyue in aboundaunce: tremble, you that lyue careles: cast of your rayment, make your selues bare, put sacke cloth aboute you. ¹² For as the infantes wepe when their mothers tetes ar dryed: so shall you weape for your fayre feldes and frutefull vyneyardes. ¹³ My peoples felde shall brynge thornes and thistles: and so shall it be euen in euery house of volupteousnesse and in euery citye that reioyseth. ¹⁴ The palaces also shalbe broken, & the greatly occupyed cityes desolate. The towres and bulwarckes shall become dennes for euermore, the pleasure of mules shalbe turned to pasture for shepe:

² I wyll lyken the doughter Sion to a fayre and tendre woman, and to her shall come the shepherdes with theyr flockes. ³ Theyr tentes shall they pytche rounde about her, and euery one shall fede them that are vnder his hande.

²¹ Namely thus: Death is clymynge vp in at oure wyndowes, he is come into oure houses, to destroye the chylde before the dore, and the yonge man in the strete. ²² But tell thou playnely, thus sayeth the Lorde. The deed bodyes of men shall lye vpon the grounde, as the donge vpon the felde, & as the heye after the mower, & ther shalbe no man to take them vp.

³ Ye are taken out for the euell daye, euen ye that syt in the stole of wylfulnesse. ⁴ Ye that lye vpon beddes of Yuery, and vse youre wantonnesse vpon your couches: ye that eate the best lambes of the flocke, & the fattest calues of the droaue: ⁵ ye that synge to the lute, and in playenge of instrumentes compare youre selues vnto Dauid: ⁶ ye that dryncke wyne out of goblettes, and anoynte youre selues with the best oyle, but no man is sory for Iosephs hurte. ⁷ Therfore, nowe shall ye be the fyrst of them, that shall be led awaye captiue, and the lusty chere of the wylfull shall come to an ende.

²⁵ But what went ye out for to se? A man clothed in soft rayment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and lyue delicatly, are in kynges courtes.

¹⁶ And he wolde fayne haue fylled his bely with the coddes that the swyne dyd eate: & no man gaue vnto him.

¹⁹ Ther was a certayne ryche man, which was clothed in purple and fyne whyte, and fared deliciously euery dyae:

⁶ But she that lyueth in pleasure, is deed, euen yet alyue.

⁷ And as moche as she glorifyed her selfe and liued wantanly, so moch powre ye in for her of punysshement and sorowe, for she sayde in her selfe: I syt beynge a quene, & am no wyddowe, and shall se no sorowe. ⁸ Therfore shal her plages come in one daye, deeth, & sorowe, and honger, & she shalbe brent with fyre: for stronge is the Lorde God which shal iudge her. ⁹ And the kynges of the erth shall bewepe her and wayle ouer her, which haue commytted fornicacion with her, & haue lyued wantanly with her, when they shall se the smoke of her burnyng,