Lamentations 4:5

They that feed on dainties 1 Are desolate in the streets: 1 They that used to be nursed in scarlet 1 Have clothed themselves with dung. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

In Context

4The tongue of the sucking child 1 Cleaves to the roof of its mouth for thirst: 1 The little children ask for bread, 1 And there is none to break it to them. 1

6And the iniquity of the daughter of my people has been increased 1 Beyond the iniquities of Sodom, 1 The city that was overthrown very suddenly, 1 And none labored against her with their hands. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:54He that is tender and very delicate within thee shall look with an evil eye upon his brother, and the wife in his bosom, and the children that are left, which may have been left to him;

2 Samuel 1:24Daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, 1 Who clothed you with scarlet together with your adorning, 1 Who added golden ornaments to your apparel. 1

Job 24:8They are wet with the drops of the mountains: 1 They have embraced the rock, because they had no shelter. 1

Isaiah 3:16Thus saith the Lord, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and have walked with an outstretched neck, and with winking of the eyes, and motion of the feet, at the same time drawing their garments in trains, and at the same time sporting with their feet:

Isaiah 32:9Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my voice; ye confident daughters, hearken to my words.

Jeremiah 9:21And the carcasses of the men shall be for an example on the face of the field of your land, like grass after the mower, and there shall be none to gather them.

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 →

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