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Poured out are stones of the sanctuary At the head of all out-places.</p> <p class="acrostic">ב</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The precious sons of Zion, Who are comparable with fine gold, How have they been reckoned earthen bottles, Work of the hands of a potter.</p> <p class="acrostic">ג</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Even dragons have drawn out the breast, They have suckled their young ones, The daughter of my people is become cruel, Like the ostriches in a wilderness.</p> <p class="acrostic">ד</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Cleaved hath the tongue of a suckling unto his palate with thirst, Infants asked bread, a dealer out they have none.</p> <p class="acrostic">ה</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Those eating of dainties have been desolate in out-places, Those supported on scarlet have embraced dunghills.</p> <p class="acrostic">ו</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And greater is the iniquity of the daughter of my people, Than the sin of Sodom, That was overturned as [in] a moment, And no hands were stayed on her.</p> <p class="acrostic">ז</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Purer were her Nazarites than snow, Whiter than milk, ruddier of body than rubies, Of sapphire their form.</p> <p class="acrostic">ח</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Darker than blackness hath been their visage, They have not been known in out-places, Cleaved hath their skin unto their bone, It hath withered — it hath been as wood.</p> <p class="acrostic">ט</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Better have been the pierced of a sword Than the pierced of famine, For these flow away, pierced through, Without the increase of the field.</p> <p class="acrostic">י</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The hands of merciful women have boiled their own children, They have been for food to them, In the destruction of the daughter of my people.</p> <p class="acrostic">כ</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Completed hath Jehovah His fury, He hath poured out the fierceness of His anger, And he kindleth a fire in Zion, And it devoureth her foundations.</p> <p class="acrostic">ל</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Believe not did the kings of earth, And any of the inhabitants of the world, That come would an adversary and enemy Into the gates of Jerusalem.</p> <p class="acrostic">מ</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Because of the sins of her prophets, The iniquities of her priests, Who are shedding in her midst the blood of the righteous,</p> <p class="acrostic">נ</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They have wandered naked in out-places, They have been polluted with blood, Without [any] being able to touch their clothing,</p> <p class="acrostic">ס</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>‘Turn aside — unclean,’ they called to them, ‘Turn aside, turn aside, touch not,’ For they fled — yea, they have wandered, They have said among nations: ‘They do not add to sojourn.’</p> <p class="acrostic">פ</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The face of Jehovah hath divided them, He doth not add to behold them, The face of priests they have not lifted up, Elders they have not favoured.</p> <p class="acrostic">ע</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>While we exist — consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation [that] saveth not.</p> <p class="acrostic">צ</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They have hunted our steps from going in our broad-places, Near hath been our end, fulfilled our days, For come hath our end.</p> <p class="acrostic">ק</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Swifter have been our pursuers, Than the eagles of the heavens, On the mountains they have burned [after] us, In the wilderness they have laid wait for us.</p> <p class="acrostic">ר</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The breath of our nostrils — the anointed of Jehovah, Hath been captured in their pits, of whom we said: ‘In his shadow we do live among nations.’</p> <p class="acrostic">ש</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Joy and rejoice, O daughter of Edom, Dwelling in the land of Uz, Even unto thee pass over doth a cup, Thou art drunk, and makest thyself naked.</p> <p class="acrostic">ת</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Completed [is] thy iniquity, daughter of Zion, He doth not add to remove thee, He hath inspected thy iniquity, O daughter of Edom, He hath removed [thee] because of thy sins!</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Young's Literal Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../lamentations/3.htm" 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