Dual Panel1How is the gold <02091> become dim <06004> (8714)_! [how] is the most <02896> fine gold <03800> changed <08132> (8799)_! the stones <068> of the sanctuary <06944> are poured out <08210> (8691) in the top <07218> of every street <02351>_.
2The precious <03368> sons <01121> of Zion <06726>_, comparable <05537> (8794) to fine gold <06337>_, how are they esteemed <02803> (8738) as earthen <02789> pitchers <05035>_, the work <04639> of the hands <03027> of the potter <03335> (8802)_!
3Even the sea monsters <08577> draw out <02502> (8804) the breast <07699>_, they give suck <03243> (8689) to their young ones <01482>_: the daughter <01323> of my people <05971> [is become] cruel <0393>_, like the ostriches <03283> in the wilderness <04057>_. {sea...: or, sea calves}
4The tongue <03956> of the sucking child <03243> (8802) cleaveth <01692> (8804) to the roof of his mouth <02441> for thirst <06772>_: the young children <05768> ask <07592> (8804) bread <03899>_, [and] no man breaketh <06566> (8802) [it] unto them.
5They that did feed <0398> (8802) delicately <04574> are desolate <08074> (8738) in the streets <02351>_: they that were brought up <0539> (8803) in scarlet <08438> embrace <02263> (8765) dunghills <0830>_.
6For the punishment of the iniquity <05771> of the daughter <01323> of my people <05971> is greater <01431> (8799) than the punishment <02403> of the sin of Sodom <05467>_, that was overthrown <02015> (8803) as in a moment <07281>_, and no hands <03027> stayed <02342> (8804) on her. {punishment of the iniquity: or, iniquity}
7Her Nazarites <05139> were purer <02141> (8804) than snow <07950>_, they were whiter <06705> (8804) than milk <02461>_, they were more ruddy <0119> (8804) in body <06106> than rubies <06443>_, their polishing <01508> [was] of sapphire <05601>_:
8Their visage <08389> is blacker <02821> (8804) than a coal <07815>_; they are not known <05234> (8738) in the streets <02351>_: their skin <05785> cleaveth <06821> (8804) to their bones <06106>_; it is withered <03001> (8804)_, it is become like a stick <06086>_. {blacker...: Heb. darker than blackness}
9[They that be] slain <02491> with the sword <02719> are better <02896> than [they that be] slain <02491> with hunger <07458>_: for these <01992> pine away <02100> (8799)_, stricken <01856> (8794) through for [want of] the fruits <08570> of the field <07704>_. {pine...: Heb. flow out}
10The hands <03027> of the pitiful <07362> women <0802> have sodden <01310> (8765) their own children <03206>_: they were their meat <01262> (8763) in the destruction <07667> of the daughter <01323> of my people <05971>_.
11The LORD <03068> hath accomplished <03615> (8765) his fury <02534>_; he hath poured out <08210> (8804) his fierce <02740> anger <0639>_, and hath kindled <03341> (8686) a fire <0784> in Zion <06726>_, and it hath devoured <0398> (8799) the foundations <03247> thereof.
12The kings <04428> of the earth <0776>_, and all the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the world <08398>_, would not have believed <0539> (8689) that the adversary <06862> and the enemy <0341> (8802) should have entered <0935> (8799) into the gates <08179> of Jerusalem <03389>_.
13For the sins <02403> of her prophets <05030>_, [and] the iniquities <05771> of her priests <03548>_, that have shed <08210> (8802) the blood <01818> of the just <06662> in the midst <07130> of her,
14They have wandered <05128> (8804) [as] blind <05787> [men] in the streets <02351>_, they have polluted <01351> (8738) themselves with blood <01818>_, so that men could <03201> (8799) not <03808> touch <05060> (8799) their garments <03830>_. {so...: or, in that they could not but touch}
15They cried <07121> (8804) unto them, Depart <05493> (8798) ye; [it is] unclean <02931>_; depart <05493> (8798)_, depart <05493> (8798)_, touch <05060> (8799) not: when they fled away <05132> (8804) and wandered <05128> (8804)_, they said <0559> (8804) among the heathen <01471>_, They shall no more <03254> (8686) sojourn <01481> (8800) [there]. {it...: or, ye polluted}
16The anger <06440> of the LORD <03068> hath divided <02505> (8765) them; he will no more <03254> (8686) regard <05027> (8687) them: they respected <05375> (8804) not the persons <06440> of the priests <03548>_, they favoured <02603> (8804) not the elders <02205>_. {anger: or, face}
17As for us, our eyes <05869> as yet failed <03615> (8799) for our vain <01892> help <05833>_: in our watching <06836> we have watched <06822> (8765) for a nation <01471> [that] could not save <03467> (8686) [us].
18They hunt <06679> (8804) our steps <06806>_, that we cannot go <03212> (8800) in our streets <07339>_: our end <07093> is near <07126> (8804)_, our days <03117> are fulfilled <04390> (8804)_; for our end <07093> is come <0935> (8804)_.
19Our persecutors <07291> (8802) are swifter <07031> than the eagles <05404> of the heaven <08064>_: they pursued <01814> (8804) us upon the mountains <02022>_, they laid wait <0693> (8804) for us in the wilderness <04057>_.
20The breath <07307> of our nostrils <0639>_, the anointed <04899> of the LORD <03068>_, was taken <03920> (8738) in their pits <07825>_, of whom we said <0559> (8804)_, Under his shadow <06738> we shall live <02421> (8799) among the heathen <01471>_.
21Rejoice <07797> (8798) and be glad <08055> (8798)_, O daughter <01323> of Edom <0123>_, that dwellest <03427> (8802) in the land <0776> of Uz <05780>_; the cup <03563> also shall pass <05674> (8799) through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken <07937> (8799)_, and shalt make thyself naked <06168> (8691)_.
22The punishment of thine iniquity <05771> is accomplished <08552> (8804)_, O daughter <01323> of Zion <06726>_; he will no more <03254> (8686) carry thee away into captivity <01540> (8687)_: he will visit <06485> (8804) thine iniquity <05771>_, O daughter <01323> of Edom <0123>_; he will discover <01540> (8765) thy sins <02403>_. {The...: or, Thine iniquity} {discover...: or, carry thee captive for thy sins}