Lamentations 4 NKJV

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class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/lamentations/4.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>The Degradation of Zion</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-1"><span class="text Lam-4-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>How the gold has become dim!</span></span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-1"><i>How</i> changed the fine gold!</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-1">The stones of the sanctuary are <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>scattered</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-1">At the head of every street.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The precious sons of Zion,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-2"><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>Valuable as fine gold,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-2">How they are <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>regarded as clay pots,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-2">The work of the hands of the potter!</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Even the jackals present their breasts</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-3">To nurse their young;</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-3"><i>But</i> the daughter of my people <i>is</i> cruel,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-3">Like ostriches in the wilderness.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The tongue of the infant clings</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-4">To the roof of its mouth for thirst;</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-4">The young children ask for bread,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-4"><i>But</i> no one breaks <i>it</i> for them.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Those who ate delicacies</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-5">Are desolate in the streets;</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-5">Those who were brought up in scarlet</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-5">Embrace ash heaps.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-6">Is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-6">Which was overthrown in a moment,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-6">With no hand to help her!</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Her <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>Nazirites were <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>brighter than snow</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-7">And whiter than milk;</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-7">They were more ruddy in body than rubies,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-7"><i>Like</i> sapphire in their <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>appearance.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><i>Now</i> their appearance is blacker than soot;</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-8">They go unrecognized in the streets;</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-8">Their skin clings to their bones,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-8">It has become as dry as wood.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><i>Those</i> slain by the sword are better off</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-9">Than <i>those</i> who die of hunger;</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-9">For these pine away,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-9">Stricken <i>for lack</i> of the fruits of the field.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The hands of the compassionate women</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-10">Have <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>cooked their own children;</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-10">They became food for them</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-10">In the destruction of the daughter of my people.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> has fulfilled His fury,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-11">He has poured out His fierce anger.</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-11">He kindled a fire in Zion,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-11">And it has devoured its foundations.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The kings of the earth,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-12">And all inhabitants of the world,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-12">Would not have believed</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-12">That the adversary and the enemy</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-12">Could enter the gates of Jerusalem—</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Because of the sins of her prophets</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-13"><i>And</i> the iniquities of her priests,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-13">Who shed in her midst</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-13">The blood of the just.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They wandered blind in the streets;</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-14">They have defiled themselves with blood,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-14">So that no one would touch their garments.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>They cried out to them,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-15">“Go away, unclean!</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-15">Go away, go away,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-15">Do not touch us!”</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-15">When they fled and wandered,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-15"><i>Those</i> among the nations said,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-15">“They shall no longer dwell <i>here.</i>”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>face of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> scattered them;</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-16">He no longer regards them.</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-16"><i>The people</i> do not respect the priests</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-16">Nor show favor to the elders.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Still our eyes failed us,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-17"><i>Watching</i> vainly for our help;</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-17">In our watching we watched</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-17">For a nation <i>that</i> could not save <i>us.</i></span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[i]</a></span>tracked our steps</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-18">So that we could not walk in our streets.</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-18">Our end was near;</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-18">Our days were over,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-18">For our end had come.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Our pursuers were swifter</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-19">Than the eagles of the heavens.</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-19">They pursued us on the mountains</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-19">And lay in wait for us in the wilderness.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-20">Was caught in their pits,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-20">Of whom we said, “Under his shadow</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-20">We shall live among the nations.”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-21"><i>You</i> who dwell in the land of Uz!</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-21">The cup shall also pass over to you</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-21">And you shall become drunk and make yourself naked.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><i>The punishment of</i> your iniquity <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[j]</a></span>is accomplished,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-22">O daughter of Zion;</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-22">He will no longer send you into captivity.</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-22">He will punish your iniquity,</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-22">O daughter of Edom;</span><br /><span class="text Lam-4-22">He will uncover your sins!</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-20422a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Lamentations 4:1">Lamentations 4:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>poured out</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-20423b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Lamentations 4:2">Lamentations 4:2</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>Weighed against</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-20423c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Lamentations 4:2">Lamentations 4:2</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>reckoned</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-20428d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Lamentations 4:7">Lamentations 4:7</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>nobles</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-20428e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Lamentations 4:7">Lamentations 4:7</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>purer</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-20428f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Lamentations 4:7">Lamentations 4:7</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>polishing</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-20431g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Lamentations 4:10">Lamentations 4:10</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>boiled</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-20437h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Lamentations 4:16">Lamentations 4:16</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Tg. <i>anger</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-20439i"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Lamentations 4:18">Lamentations 4:18</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>hunted</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-20443j"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Lamentations 4:22">Lamentations 4:22</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>has been completed</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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