| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1How dark the gold has become, How the pure gold has changed! The sacred stones are poured out At the corner of every street. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2The precious sons of Zion, Weighed against fine gold, How they are regarded as earthen jars, The work of a potter's hands! |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Even jackals offer the breast, They nurse their young; But the daughter of my people has become cruel Like ostriches in the wilderness. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4The tongue of the infant cleaves To the roof of its mouth because of thirst; The little ones ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those reared in purple Embrace ash pits. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6For the iniquity of the daughter of my people Is greater than the sin of Sodom, Which was overthrown as in a moment, And no hands were turned toward her. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Her consecrated ones were purer than snow, They were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than corals, Their polishing was like lapis lazuli. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Their appearance is blacker than soot, They are not recognized in the streets; Their skin is shriveled on their bones, It is withered, it has become like wood. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Better are those slain with the sword Than those slain with hunger; For they pine away, being stricken For lack of the fruits of the field. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10The hands of compassionate women Boiled their own children; They became food for them Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11The LORD has accomplished His wrath, He has poured out His fierce anger; And He has kindled a fire in Zion Which has consumed its foundations. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12The kings of the earth did not believe, Nor did any of the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy Could enter the gates of Jerusalem. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Because of the sins of her prophets And the iniquities of her priests, Who have shed in her midst The blood of the righteous; |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14They wandered, blind, in the streets; They were defiled with blood So that no one could touch their garments. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15"Depart! Unclean!" they cried of themselves. "Depart, depart, do not touch!" So they fled and wandered; Men among the nations said, "They shall not continue to dwell with us." |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16The presence of the LORD has scattered them, He will not continue to regard them; They did not honor the priests, They did not favor the elders. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Yet our eyes failed, Looking for help was useless; In our watching we have watched For a nation that could not save. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18They hunted our steps So that we could not walk in our streets; Our end drew near, Our days were finished For our end had come. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the sky; They chased us on the mountains, They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20The breath of our nostrils, the LORD'S anointed, Was captured in their pits, Of whom we had said, "Under his shadow We shall live among the nations." |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, Who dwells in the land of Uz; But the cup will come around to you as well, You will become drunk and make yourself naked. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22The punishment of your iniquity has been completed, O daughter of Zion; He will exile you no longer. But He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins! |
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