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Those brought up in royal purple now lie on ash heaps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/lamentations/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The people who once ate the richest foods now beg in the streets for anything they can get. Those who once wore the finest clothes now search the garbage dumps for food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/lamentations/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Those who once feasted on delicacies perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple embrace ash heaps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/lamentations/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/lamentations/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/lamentations/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those who were brought up in scarlet Embrace ash heaps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/lamentations/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Those who used to eat delicacies Are made to tremble in the streets; Those who were raised in crimson <i>clothing</i> Embrace garbage heaps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/lamentations/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those reared in purple Embrace ash pits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/lamentations/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those reared in purple Embrace ash pits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/lamentations/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those reared in crimson Embrace ash pits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/lamentations/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Those who feasted on delicacies Are perishing in the streets; Those reared in purple [as nobles] Embrace ash heaps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/lamentations/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Those who used to eat delicacies are destitute in the streets; those who were reared in purple garments huddle in trash heaps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/lamentations/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Those who used to eat delicacies are destitute in the streets; those who were reared in purple garments huddle in garbage heaps. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/lamentations/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: They that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/lamentations/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />All who ate expensive foods lie starving in the streets; those who grew up in luxury now sit on trash heaps. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/lamentations/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dung-hills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/lamentations/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Those who used to eat delicacies are now destitute in the streets. Those who used to wear expensive clothes now pick through piles of garbage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/lamentations/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />People who once ate the finest foods die starving in the streets; those raised in luxury are pawing through garbage for food. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/lamentations/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Those who enjoyed delicacies lie desolate in the streets. Those who were reared wearing purple scavenge in piles of trash.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/lamentations/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/lamentations/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Those who once feasted on delicacies are now starving to death in the streets. Those who grew up wearing expensive clothes are now dying amid garbage. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/lamentations/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Those who ate delicacies are destitute in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace ash heaps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/lamentations/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />They that fed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/lamentations/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace dunghills. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/lamentations/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Those eating of delicacies have been desolate in out-places, "" Those supported on scarlet have embraced dunghills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/lamentations/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Those eating of dainties have been desolate in out-places, Those supported on scarlet have embraced dunghills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/lamentations/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />They eating for dainties were desolate in the streets: they trusting upon scarlet embraced dung hills.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/lamentations/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He. They that were fed delicately have died in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet have embraced the dung. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/lamentations/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />HE. Those who were fed indulgently have passed away in the roads. Those who were nourished with saffron have welcomed filth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/lamentations/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Those who feasted on delicacies are abandoned in the streets; Those who reclined on crimson now embrace dung heaps. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/lamentations/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Those who feasted on delicacies perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple cling to ash heaps.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/lamentations/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Those that fed on delicacies are destitute in the streets; those who were reared in scarlet sleep in dunghills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/lamentations/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />He Those who were eating delicacies, behold, they are lying in the streets. They who were raised in scarlet, behold, they are sleeping on dunghills!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/lamentations/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />They that did feed on dainties Are desolate in the streets; They that were brought up in scarlet Embrace dunghills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/lamentations/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />HE. They that feed on dainties are desolate in the streets: they that used to be nursed in scarlet have clothed themselves with dung.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/lamentations/4-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rKrWuOkEqzQ?start=1108" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/lamentations/4.htm">The Distress of Zion</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: hā·’ō·ḵə·lîm (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">Those who once ate</a> <a href="/hebrew/4574.htm" title="4574: lə·ma·‘ă·ḏan·nîm (Prep-l:: N-mp) -- A dainty (food), delight. Or maadannah; from adan; a delicacy or pleasure.">delicacies</a> <a href="/hebrew/8074.htm" title="8074: nā·šam·mū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To be desolated or appalled. A primitive root; to stun, i.e. Devastate or stupefy.">are destitute</a> <a href="/hebrew/2351.htm" title="2351: ba·ḥū·ṣō·wṯ (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- The outside, a street. Or chuts; from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. Outside, outdoors.">in the streets;</a> <a href="/hebrew/539.htm" title="539: hā·’ĕ·mu·nîm (Art:: V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-mp) -- To confirm, support. ">those brought up</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/8438.htm" title="8438: ṯō·w·lā‘ (N-ms) -- Worm, scarlet stuff. ">crimson</a> <a href="/hebrew/2263.htm" title="2263: ḥib·bə·qū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- To clasp, embrace. A primitive root; to clasp.">huddle</a> <a href="/hebrew/830.htm" title="830: ’aš·pat·tō·wṯ (N-mp) -- Or uashpowth; or shphoth; plural of a noun of the same form as 'ashpah, from shaphah; a heap of rubbish or filth.">in ash heaps.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-56.htm">Deuteronomy 28:56-57</a></span><br />The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter / the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-16.htm">Isaiah 3:16-26</a></span><br />The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles— / the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.” / In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/52-6.htm">Jeremiah 52:6</a></span><br />By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-49.htm">Ezekiel 16:49</a></span><br />Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/6-1.htm">Amos 6:1-7</a></span><br />Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes. / Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours? / You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-18.htm">Zephaniah 1:18</a></span><br />Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/16-19.htm">Luke 16:19-25</a></span><br />Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. / And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores / and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-7.htm">Revelation 18:7-8</a></span><br />As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’ / Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/23-21.htm">Proverbs 23:21</a></span><br />For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1-3</a></span><br />“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. / Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-19.htm">Ezekiel 7:19</a></span><br />They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-21.htm">Matthew 11:21-24</a></span><br />“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. / But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. / And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-5</a></span><br />Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/5-6.htm">1 Timothy 5:6</a></span><br />But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/20-15.htm">Job 20:15-18</a></span><br />He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach. / He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him. / He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.</p><p class="hdg">that die</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-54.htm">Deuteronomy 28:54-56</a></b></br> <i>So that</i> the man <i>that is</i> tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/3-16.htm">Isaiah 3:16-26</a></b></br> Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing <i>as</i> they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/24-6.htm">Isaiah 24:6-12</a></b></br> Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left… </p><p class="hdg">brought</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/1-24.htm">2 Samuel 1:24</a></b></br> Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with <i>other</i> delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/31-21.htm">Proverbs 31:21</a></b></br> She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household <i>are</i> clothed with scarlet.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/16-19.htm">Luke 16:19</a></b></br> There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:</p><p class="hdg">embrace</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/24-8.htm">Job 24:8</a></b></br> They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Jeremiah 9:21,22</a></b></br> For death is come up into our windows, <i>and</i> is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, <i>and</i> the young men from the streets… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/15-16.htm">Luke 15:16</a></b></br> And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a 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href="/lamentations/4-13.htm">She confesses her sins</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/lamentations/4-21.htm">Edom is threatened and Zion comforted.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 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Historically, the city was known for its prosperity, especially during the reigns of kings like Solomon, who amassed great wealth (<a href="/1_kings/10-21.htm">1 Kings 10:21</a>). The "delicacies" symbolize not just physical luxury but also the spiritual complacency that can accompany material abundance. This serves as a warning against the dangers of pride and self-reliance, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/16-18.htm">Proverbs 16:18</a>, which states that pride precedes destruction.<p><b>are destitute in the streets</b><br>The imagery of destitution in the streets underscores the severity of Jerusalem's fall. The streets, once bustling with trade and activity, are now places of despair. This reflects the fulfillment of prophetic warnings given by prophets like Jeremiah, who foretold the consequences of Israel's disobedience (<a href="/jeremiah/19-7.htm">Jeremiah 19:7-9</a>). The public nature of their destitution also signifies the complete reversal of their status, as they are now exposed to shame and vulnerability.<p><b>those brought up in crimson</b><br>Crimson, a color associated with wealth and nobility, indicates the high social status of these individuals. In ancient times, crimson dye was expensive and often reserved for royalty or the wealthy (<a href="/judges/8-26.htm">Judges 8:26</a>). This phrase emphasizes the depth of their fall from privilege, drawing a parallel to the spiritual fall of Israel, which was once chosen and set apart by God (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6</a>).<p><b>huddle in ash heaps</b><br>Ash heaps symbolize mourning, ruin, and repentance. In biblical times, sitting in ashes was a sign of deep sorrow and contrition (<a href="/job/2-8.htm">Job 2:8</a>, <a href="/jonah/3-6.htm">Jonah 3:6</a>). This imagery suggests not only the physical destruction of Jerusalem but also the spiritual desolation of its people. The ash heaps serve as a call to repentance, echoing the need for humility and turning back to God, as seen in <a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a>. The transformation from luxury to ashes also foreshadows the ultimate redemption and restoration found in Christ, who brings beauty from ashes (<a href="/isaiah/61-3.htm">Isaiah 61:3</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>- Traditionally considered the author of Lamentations, Jeremiah is known as the "weeping prophet." He laments the destruction of Jerusalem and the suffering of its people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>- The city that has been destroyed by the Babylonians, leading to the suffering and destitution described in Lamentations.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_siege.htm">Babylonian Siege</a></b><br>- The event that led to the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C., resulting in the dire conditions described in this verse.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_nobility_of_jerusalem.htm">The Nobility of Jerusalem</a></b><br>- The individuals who once lived in luxury and are now reduced to poverty and shame.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_streets_and_ash_heaps.htm">The Streets and Ash Heaps</a></b><br>- Symbolic of the drastic fall from wealth and comfort to poverty and despair.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_fleeting_nature_of_earthly_wealth.htm">The Fleeting Nature of Earthly Wealth</a></b><br>Earthly riches and status are temporary and can be lost in an instant. Our security should be in God, not in material possessions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The suffering of Jerusalem's nobility serves as a reminder of the consequences of turning away from God's commandments.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/empathy_and_compassion_for_the_destitute.htm">Empathy and Compassion for the Destitute</a></b><br>As Christians, we are called to show compassion and support for those who are suffering, recognizing that circumstances can change for anyone.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_humility.htm">The Importance of Humility</a></b><br>Pride in wealth and status can lead to downfall. We should cultivate humility and gratitude for God's provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Even in times of great loss and suffering, we must trust in God's plan and His ability to restore and redeem.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_lamentations_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Lamentations 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_meaning_of_'sing_to_the_lord'.htm">What does 'Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_findings_match_lamentations_5_2's_ruin.htm">Lamentations 5:2 depicts a Jerusalem left desolate--do archaeological findings fully align with the extent of destruction described?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_evidence_confirm_buying_water.htm">Lamentations 5:4 mentions buying their own water--does any historical or archaeological evidence confirm or contradict this siege condition?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_ezekiel_5_11-12's_punishment.htm">In Ezekiel 5:11-12, how can we reconcile the promised devastating punishment (famine, sword, and scattering) with accounts from other biblical or secular sources?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/lamentations/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">They that were brought up . . .</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">that were carried </span>(as children are carried). "Scarlet" as in <a href="/2_samuel/1-24.htm" title="You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold on your apparel.">2Samuel 1:24</a>, stands for the shawls or garments of the rich, dyed, as they were, in the Tyrian purple or crimson. Those that had been once wrapped in such shawls now threw themselves, "embracing" them as their only refuge, on dunghills.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/lamentations/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">They that did feed delicately,</span> etc. <span class="accented">i.e.</span> luxuriously. The rendering has been disputed, but without sufficient ground. "They that did eat at dainties," <span class="accented">i.e.</span> pink at their dainty food, is forced. The Aramaic mark of the accusative need not surprise us in Lamentations (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/40-2.htm">Jeremiah 40:2</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Brought up in scarlet</span>; rather, <span class="accented">borne upon scarlet; i.e.</span> resting upon scarlet-covered couches. The poet speaks of adults, not of children. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/lamentations/4-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Those who once ate</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֹֽכְלִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ō·ḵə·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">delicacies</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמַ֣עֲדַנִּ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ma·‘ă·ḏan·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4574.htm">Strong's 4574: </a> </span><span class="str2">A dainty (food), delight</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are destitute</span><br /><span class="heb">נָשַׁ֖מּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(nā·šam·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8074.htm">Strong's 8074: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stun, devastate, stupefy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the streets;</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחוּצ֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥū·ṣō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2351.htm">Strong's 2351: </a> </span><span class="str2">Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors</span><br /><br /><span class="word">those brought up</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֱמֻנִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ĕ·mu·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_539.htm">Strong's 539: </a> </span><span class="str2">To confirm, support</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲלֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">purple</span><br /><span class="heb">תוֹלָ֔ע</span> <span class="translit">(ṯō·w·lā‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8438.htm">Strong's 8438: </a> </span><span class="str2">The crimson-grub, of the color, from it, cloths dyed therewith</span><br /><br /><span class="word">huddle</span><br /><span class="heb">חִבְּק֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥib·bə·qū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2263.htm">Strong's 2263: </a> </span><span class="str2">To clasp, embrace</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in ash heaps.</span><br /><span class="heb">אַשְׁפַּתּֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(’aš·pat·tō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_830.htm">Strong's 830: </a> </span><span class="str2">An ash heap, refuse heap, dunghill</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/lamentations/4-5.htm">Lamentations 4:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/lamentations/4-5.htm">Lamentations 4:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/lamentations/4-5.htm">Lamentations 4:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/lamentations/4-5.htm">Lamentations 4:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/lamentations/4-5.htm">Lamentations 4:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/lamentations/4-5.htm">Lamentations 4:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/lamentations/4-5.htm">Lamentations 4:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/lamentations/4-5.htm">Lamentations 4:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/lamentations/4-5.htm">Lamentations 4:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/lamentations/4-5.htm">Lamentations 4:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/lamentations/4-5.htm">OT Prophets: Lamentations 4:5 Those who did feed delicately are desolate (Lam. 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