Lamentations 4:5
Those who used to eat gourmet food now die starving in the streets. Those who dressed in fine clothes from their childhood now live in heaps of rubbish.
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Deuteronomy 28:54The kindest and most sensitive man among you will refuse to share his food with his brother, the wife he loves, and those of his own children who are left.
2 Samuel 1:24Women of Israel, mourn for Saul, who gave you fine scarlet clothes decorated with gold ornaments.
Job 24:8They are soaked by the cold mountain storms, and huddle beside the rocks for shelter.
Isaiah 3:16The Lord says, The women of Zion are so conceited, walking with their heads held high, giving flirty glances, tripping along with their ankle bracelets jingling.
Isaiah 32:9Get up, you women who are lying around relaxing, and pay attention to what I'm saying! You ladies without a care in the world, listen to me!
Jeremiah 9:21Death has slipped in through our windows; it has come into our fortresses. It has killed the children playing in the streets and the young people gathering in the town squares.
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 →