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<p class="indent2">They nurse their young; <p class="indent2"><i>But</i> the daughter of my people has become cruel <p class="indent2">Like ostriches in the wilderness. <div align="center"><b>Daleth</b></div><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The tongue of the nursing baby cleaves <p class="indent2">To the roof of its mouth because of thirst; <p class="indent2">The infants ask for bread, <p class="indent2"><i>But</i> no one breaks <i>it</i> for them. <div align="center"><b>He</b></div><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Those who ate delicacies <p class="indent2">Are desolate in the streets; <p class="indent2">Those <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>reared in crimson <p class="indent2">Embrace ash pits. <div align="center"><b>Vav</b></div><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>iniquity of the daughter of my people <p class="indent2">Is greater than the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>sin of Sodom, <p class="indent2">Which was overthrown as in a moment, <p class="indent2">And no hands <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>whirled toward her. <div align="center"><b>Zayin</b></div><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Her <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Nazirites were purer than snow; <p class="indent2">They were whiter than milk; <p class="indent2">They were more ruddy <i>in</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>body than corals, <p class="indent2">Their polishing <i>was like</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>lapis lazuli. <div align="center"><b>Heth</b></div><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Their form is blacker than soot; <p class="indent2">They are not recognized in the streets; <p class="indent2">Their skin is shriveled on their bones; <p class="indent2">It is withered, it has become like wood. <div align="center"><b>Teth</b></div><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Better are those pierced through with the sword <p class="indent2">Than those pierced through with hunger; <p class="indent2">For their <i>life</i> flows away, being stricken <p class="indent2">For lack of the produce of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>the field. <div align="center"><b>Yodh</b></div><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The hands of compassionate women <p class="indent2">Boiled their own children; <p class="indent2">They became food for them <p class="indent2">Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people. <div align="center"><b>Kaph</b></div><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Yahweh has spent His wrath; <p class="indent2">He has poured out His burning anger; <p class="indent2">And He has kindled a fire in Zion <p class="indent2">Which has devoured its foundations. <div align="center"><b>Lamedh</b></div><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The kings of the earth did not believe, <p class="indent2">Nor <i>did</i> any of the inhabitants of the world, <p class="indent2">That the adversary and the enemy <p class="indent2">Could enter the gates of Jerusalem. <div align="center"><b>Mem</b></div><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Because of the sins of her prophets <p class="indent2"><i>And</i> the iniquities of her priests, <p class="indent2">Who have shed in her midst <p class="indent2">The blood of the righteous; <div align="center"><b>Nun</b></div><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They wandered, blind, in the streets; <p class="indent2">They were defiled with blood <p class="indent2">So that no one could touch their garments. <div align="center"><b>Samekh</b></div><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Depart! Unclean!” <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>they cried of themselves. <p class="indent2">“Depart, depart, do not touch!” <p class="indent2">So they fled and wandered; <p class="indent2"><i>Men</i> among the nations said, <p class="indent2">“They shall not continue to sojourn <i>with us</i>.” <div align="center"><b>Pe</b></div><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The presence of Yahweh has eradicated them; <p class="indent2">He will not continue to look at them; <p class="indent2">They did not <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>honor the priests; <p class="indent2">They did not favor the elders. <div align="center"><b>Ayin</b></div><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Yet our eyes were spent, <p class="indent2"><i>Looking</i> for <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>help was vanity; <p class="indent2">In our watching we have watched <p class="indent2">For a nation that could not save. <div align="center"><b>Tsadhe</b></div><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They hunted our steps <p class="indent2">So that we could not walk in our open squares; <p class="indent2">Our end drew near, <p class="indent2">Our days were <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>finished, <p class="indent2">For our end had come. <div align="center"><b>Qoph</b></div><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Our pursuers were swifter <p class="indent2">Than the eagles of the sky; <p class="indent2">They hotly pursued us on the mountains; <p class="indent2">They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness. <div align="center"><b>Resh</b></div><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, <p class="indent2">Was captured in their pits, <p class="indent2">Of whom we had said, “Under his shadow <p class="indent2">We shall live among the nations.” <div align="center"><b>Sin</b></div><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, <p class="indent2">Who inhabits the land of Uz; <p class="indent2"><i>But</i> the cup will pass on to you as well; <p class="indent2">You will become drunk and make yourself naked. <div align="center"><b>Tav</b></div><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><i>The punishment</i> of your iniquity has come to an end, O daughter of Zion; <p class="indent2">He will exile you no longer. <p class="indent2"><i>But</i> He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; <p class="indent2">He will expose your sins!<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>established in crimson</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>punishment for iniquity</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>punishment for sin</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>wrung over her</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>dedicated ones</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Lit <i>bones</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Heb <i>sappir</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>my fields</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Or <i>they</i> (men) <i>cried to them</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Lit <i>lift up the faces of</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Lit <i>our help</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Lit <i>full</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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