Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
How is the gold become dim! `
how '
is the most pure
gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at
the head
of every street.
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.
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Even the jackals
draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: The daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
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 in the wilderness.
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: They that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were
laid
upon
her.
For the punishment
of
the
iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment
of
the
sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed
on
her.
Her nobles
were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk ;
They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as
of sapphire .
Her Nazarites
were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk ,
they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire :
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: Their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
They that are
slain with the sword are better than they that are
slain with hunger ;
For these pine away, stricken through ,
for want of the fruits of the field.
They that be
slain with the sword are better than they that be
slain with hunger :
for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
The hands of the pitiful women have boiled
their own children ;
They were their food
in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
The hands of the pitiful women have sodden
their own children :
they were their meat
in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Jehovah
hath accomplished his wrath,
he hath poured out his fierce anger ;
And he
hath kindled a fire in Zion, which
hath devoured the foundations thereof.
The
LORD
hath accomplished his fury;
he hath poured out his fierce anger ,
and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and
it
hath devoured the foundations thereof.
The kings of the earth believed
not
, neither
all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would
enter
into the gates of Jerusalem.
The kings of the earth, and
all the inhabitants of the world, would
not
have
believed
that the adversary and the enemy should
have
entered
into the gates of Jerusalem.
`It
is'
because
of
the sins of her prophets, `
and '
the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her .
For
the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her ,
They wander
as blind men in the streets, they are
polluted with blood, So that men cannot
touch their garments.
They have
wandered
as blind men in the streets, they have
polluted themselves
with blood, so that men could
not
touch their garments.
Depart
ye,
they cried unto them, Unclean !
depart, depart, touch not !
When they fled away and wandered, men
said among the nations
, They shall no more sojourn `here'
.
They cried unto them, Depart
ye;
it
is
unclean ;
depart, depart, touch not :
when they fled away and wandered, they
said among the heathen
, They shall no more sojourn there
.
The anger of Jehovah
hath scattered
them; he will no more regard them: They respected not the persons of the priests, they favored
not the elders.
The anger of the
LORD
hath divided
them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured
not the elders.
Our eyes do
yet fail
`in
looking'
for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
As
for
us,
our eyes as
yet failed
for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us
.
They hunt our steps, so
that we cannot go in our streets: Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
Our pursuers
were
swifter than the eagles of the heavens
: They chased
us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Our persecutors
are
swifter than the eagles of the heaven
: they pursued
us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah
, was taken in their pits ;
Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations
.
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the
LORD
, was taken in their pits ,
of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen
.
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz :
The cup shall pass through unto thee also;
thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz ;
the cup also
shall pass through unto thee :
thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: He will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will uncover
thy sins.
The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover
thy sins.
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