Lamentations 4:5
Those who fed luxuriously are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:54The man who is 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 sons whom he has remaining,
2 Samuel 1:24Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you delicately in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
Job 24:8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
Isaiah 3:16Moreover LORD said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet,
Isaiah 32:9Rise up, ye women who are at ease. Hear my voice, ye careless daughters. Give ear to my speech.
Jeremiah 9:21For death has come up into our windows. It has entered into our palaces, to cut off the sons from outside, the young men from the streets.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 4:2-13
Desolate Condition of Jerusalem; Effects of Famine in Jerusalem; Destruction of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 588.) 1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. 2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! 3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches… Read the whole commentary →