1
H2091
How is the gold
H6004
become dim
[H8714]
H2896
! how is the most
H3800
fine gold
H8132
changed
[H8799]
H68
! the stones
H6944
of the sanctuary
H8210
are poured out
[H8691]
H7218
in the top
H2351
of every street.
2
H3368
The precious
H1121
sons
H6726
of Zion
H5537
, comparable
[H8794]
H6337
to fine gold
H2803
, how are they esteemed
[H8738]
H2789
as earthen
H5035
pitchers
H4639
, the work
H3027
of the hands
H3335
of the potter
[H8802]
!
3
H8577
Even the sea monsters
H2502
draw out
[H8804]
H7699
the breast
H3243
, they give suck
[H8689]
H1482
to their young ones
H1323
: the daughter
H5971
of my people
H393
is become cruel
H3283
, like the ostriches
H4057
in the wilderness.
4
H3956
The tongue
H3243
of the sucking child
[H8802]
H1692
cleaveth
[H8804]
H2441
to the roof of his mouth
H6772
for thirst
H5768
: the young children
H7592
ask
[H8804]
H3899
bread
H6566
, and no man breaketh
[H8802]
it unto them.
5
H398
They that did feed
[H8802]
H4574
delicately
H8074
are desolate
[H8738]
H2351
in the streets
H539
: they that were brought up
[H8803]
H8438
in scarlet
H2263
embrace
[H8765]
H830
dunghills.
6
H5771
For the punishment of the iniquity
H1323
of the daughter
H5971
of my people
H1431
is greater
[H8799]
H2403
than the punishment
H5467
of the sin of Sodom
H2015
, that was overthrown
[H8803]
H7281
as in a moment
H3027
, and no hands
H2342
stayed
[H8804]
on her.
7
H5139
Her Nazarites
H2141
were purer
[H8804]
H7950
than snow
H6705
, they were whiter
[H8804]
H2461
than milk
H119
, they were more ruddy
[H8804]
H6106
in body
H6443
than rubies
H1508
, their polishing
H5601
was of sapphire:
8
H8389
Their visage
H2821
is blacker
[H8804]
H7815
than a coal
H5234
; they are not known
[H8738]
H2351
in the streets
H5785
: their skin
H6821
cleaveth
[H8804]
H6106
to their bones
H3001
; it is withered
[H8804]
H6086
, it is become like a stick.
9
H2491
They that be slain
H2719
with the sword
H2896
are better
H2491
than they that be slain
H7458
with hunger
H1992
: for these
H2100
pine away
[H8799]
H1856
, stricken
[H8794]
H8570
through for want of the fruits
H7704
of the field.
10
H3027
The hands
H7362
of the pitiful
H802
women
H1310
have sodden
[H8765]
H3206
their own children
H1262
: they were their meat
[H8763]
H7667
in the destruction
H1323
of the daughter
H5971
of my people.
11
H3068
The LORD
H3615
hath accomplished
[H8765]
H2534
his fury
H8210
; he hath poured out
[H8804]
H2740
his fierce
H639
anger
H3341
, and hath kindled
[H8686]
H784
a fire
H6726
in Zion
H398
, and it hath devoured
[H8799]
H3247
the foundations thereof.
12
H4428
The kings
H776
of the earth
H3427
, and all the inhabitants
[H8802]
H8398
of the world
H539
, would not have believed
[H8689]
H6862
that the adversary
H341
and the enemy
[H8802]
H935
should have entered
[H8799]
H8179
into the gates
H3389
of Jerusalem.
13
H2403
For the sins
H5030
of her prophets
H5771
, and the iniquities
H3548
of her priests
H8210
, that have shed
[H8802]
H1818
the blood
H6662
of the just
H7130
in the midst of her,
14
H5128
They have wandered
[H8804]
H5787
as blind
H2351
men in the streets
H1351
, they have polluted
[H8738]
H1818
themselves with blood
H3201
, so that men could
[H8799]
H3808
not
H5060
touch
[H8799]
H3830
their garments.
15
H7121
They cried
[H8804]
H5493
unto them, Depart
[H8798]
H2931
ye; it is unclean
H5493
; depart
[H8798]
H5493
, depart
[H8798]
H5060
, touch
[H8799]
H5132
not: when they fled away
[H8804]
H5128
and wandered
[H8804]
H559
, they said
[H8804]
H1471
among the heathen
H3254
, They shall no more
[H8686]
H1481
sojourn
[H8800]
there .
16
H6440
The anger
H3068
of the LORD
H2505
hath divided
[H8765]
H3254
them; he will no more
[H8686]
H5027
regard
[H8687]
H5375
them: they respected
[H8804]
H6440
not the persons
H3548
of the priests
H2603
, they favoured
[H8804]
H2205
not the elders.
17
H5869
As for us, our eyes
H3615
as yet failed
[H8799]
H1892
for our vain
H5833
help
H6836
: in our watching
H6822
we have watched
[H8765]
H1471
for a nation
H3467
that could not save
[H8686]
us .
18
H6679
They hunt
[H8804]
H6806
our steps
H3212
, that we cannot go
[H8800]
H7339
in our streets
H7093
: our end
H7126
is near
[H8804]
H3117
, our days
H4390
are fulfilled
[H8804]
H7093
; for our end
H935
is come
[H8804]
.
19
H7291
Our persecutors
[H8802]
H7031
are swifter
H5404
than the eagles
H8064
of the heaven
H1814
: they pursued
[H8804]
H2022
us upon the mountains
H693
, they laid wait
[H8804]
H4057
for us in the wilderness.
20
H7307
The breath
H639
of our nostrils
H4899
, the anointed
H3068
of the LORD
H3920
, was taken
[H8738]
H7825
in their pits
H559
, of whom we said
[H8804]
H6738
, Under his shadow
H2421
we shall live
[H8799]
H1471
among the heathen.
21
H7797
Rejoice
[H8798]
H8055
and be glad
[H8798]
H1323
, O daughter
H123
of Edom
H3427
, that dwellest
[H8802]
H776
in the land
H5780
of Uz
H3563
; the cup
H5674
also shall pass
[H8799]
H7937
through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken
[H8799]
H6168
, and shalt make thyself naked
[H8691]
.
22
H5771
The punishment of thine iniquity
H8552
is accomplished
[H8804]
H1323
, O daughter
H6726
of Zion
H3254
; he will no more
[H8686]
H1540
carry thee away into captivity
[H8687]
H6485
: he will visit
[H8804]
H5771
thine iniquity
H1323
, O daughter
H123
of Edom
H1540
; he will discover
[H8765]
H2403
thy sins.