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Lamentations 4:2 (NIV)
How the precious children of Zion, once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!
Lamentations 4:4 (NIV)
Because of thirst the infant’s tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth; the children beg for bread, but no one gives it to them.
Lamentations 4:5 (NIV)
Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets. Those brought up in royal purple now lie on ash heaps.
Lamentations 4:6 (NIV)
The punishment of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment without a hand turned to help her.
Lamentations 4:7 (NIV)
Their princes were brighter than snow and whiter than milk, their bodies more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like lapis lazuli.
Lamentations 4:8 (NIV)
But now they are blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
Lamentations 4:9 (NIV)
Those killed by the sword are better off than those who die of famine; racked with hunger, they waste away for lack of food from the field.
Lamentations 4:10 (NIV)
With their own hands compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food when my people were destroyed.
Lamentations 4:11 (NIV)
The Lord has given full vent to his wrath; he has poured out his fierce anger. He kindled a fire in Zion that consumed her foundations.
Lamentations 4:12 (NIV)
The kings of the earth did not believe, nor did any of the peoples of the world, that enemies and foes could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
Lamentations 4:13 (NIV)
But it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed within her the blood of the righteous.
Lamentations 4:14 (NIV)
Now they grope through the streets as if they were blind. They are so defiled with blood that no one dares to touch their garments.
Lamentations 4:15 (NIV)
“Go away! You are unclean!” people cry to them. “Away! Away! Don’t touch us!” When they flee and wander about, people among the nations say, “They can stay here no longer.”
Lamentations 4:16 (NIV)
The Lord himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. The priests are shown no honor, the elders no favor.
Lamentations 4:17 (NIV)
Moreover, our eyes failed, looking in vain for help; from our towers we watched for a nation that could not save us.
Lamentations 4:18 (NIV)
People stalked us at every step, so we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near, our days were numbered, for our end had come.
Lamentations 4:19 (NIV)
Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky; they chased us over the mountains and lay in wait for us in the desert.
Lamentations 4:20 (NIV)
The Lord ’s anointed, our very life breath, was caught in their traps. We thought that under his shadow we would live among the nations.
Lamentations 4:21 (NIV)
Rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom, you who live in the land of Uz. But to you also the cup will be passed; you will be drunk and stripped naked.
Lamentations 5:1 (NIV)
Remember, Lord , what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.
Lamentations 5:2 (NIV)
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
Lamentations 5:4 (NIV)
We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.
Lamentations 5:5 (NIV)
Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.
Lamentations 5:6 (NIV)
We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
Lamentations 5:7 (NIV)
Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.