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