Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
How is
the gold become dim
, Changed
the best
--
the
pure gold ?
Poured
out
are
stones
of
the
sanctuary
At
the head
of all
out-places
.
How the gold has
become tarnished
, the pure gold has
become
dull!
The gems
of the
temple
lie
scattered
on
every
street
corner
.
The precious sons of Zion, Who
are
comparable
with
fine
gold, How
have
they
been
reckoned
earthen
bottles,
Work
of the hands
of a potter.
How
the precious sons of Zion, once
worth
their
weight
in
pure
gold, are
now
esteemed
as
jars
of clay,
the work
of a potter’s
hands!
Even dragons
have
drawn
out
the
breast,
They
have
suckled
their young ones
, The daughter of my people is
become cruel, Like the
ostriches
in a
wilderness.
Even jackals
offer
their breasts
to
nurse
their
young, but
the daughter of my people has
become cruel, like an
ostrich
in the
wilderness.
Cleaved
hath
the tongue of a
suckling
unto
his palate
with
thirst,
Infants
asked
bread, a
dealer
out
they
have
none
.
The nursing
infant’s
tongue clings
in
thirst
to
the
roof
of his mouth.
Little
children
beg
for
bread, but
no
one
gives
them
any
.
Those eating
of
dainties
have
been
desolate
in out-places,
Those supported
on
scarlet
have
embraced
dunghills
.
Those who
once
ate
delicacies
are
destitute
in the
streets;
those brought
up
in
crimson
huddle
in
ash
heaps
.
And
greater
is
the iniquity
of the daughter of my people ,
Than the
sin
of Sodom, That
was overturned
as
`
in '
a moment,
And
no
hands
were
stayed
on
her.
The punishment
of the daughter of my people is
greater
than that
of Sodom, which
was overthrown
in an
instant
without
a hand
turned
to
help
her.
Purer
were
her Nazarites
than snow, Whiter than milk ,
ruddier
of
body
than rubies, Of
sapphire
their form
.
Her dignitaries
were
brighter
than snow, whiter than milk ;
their
bodies
were
more
ruddy
than rubies, their appearance
like
sapphires
.
Darker
than
blackness
hath
been
their visage,
They have
not been
known
in out-places,
Cleaved
hath
their skin unto
their bone,
It
hath
withered
--
it hath
been
as wood
.
But
now
their appearance
is
blacker
than
soot;
they are
not recognized
in the
streets.
Their skin has
shriveled
on
their bones;
it has
become
as dry
as
a
stick
.
Better
have
been
the pierced
of
a
sword Than the
pierced
of famine
, For
these
flow
away, pierced through,
Without
the
increase
of
the field
.
Those
slain
by
the sword are
better
off
than those
who
die
of hunger
, who
waste
away, pierced with
pain
because
the fields
lack
produce
.
The hands of merciful
women have boiled
their own children, They
have
been
for
food to
them,
In the destruction of the daughter of my people.
The hands of compassionate
women have cooked
their own children, who
became
their
food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Completed
hath
Jehovah
His fury,
He hath
poured out the
fierceness
of
His anger ,
And
he kindleth
a fire in Zion, And it devoureth
her foundations.
The
LORD
has
exhausted
His wrath;
He has
poured out His fierce
anger ;
He has
kindled
a fire in Zion, and it has
consumed
her foundations.
Believe
not
did
the kings of earth, And
any of
the
inhabitants
of the world, That come
would
an adversary
and
enemy Into
the gates of Jerusalem.
The kings of the
earth did
not
believe
, nor
any people
of the world, that an enemy or
a
foe
could
enter
the gates of Jerusalem.
Because
of
the sins of her prophets ,
The iniquities
of her priests, Who are
shedding
in
her
midst
the blood of the righteous ,
But
this
was
for
the sins of her prophets and
the guilt
of her priests, who shed
the blood of the righteous in
her
midst.
They have
wandered naked
in out-places
, They
have
been
polluted
with
blood, Without
`any'
being
able
to touch their clothing,
They wandered blind
in the
streets
, defiled
by
this
blood, so
that
no
one
dared
to touch their garments.
`Turn
aside
--
unclean ,'
they
called
to
them ,
`Turn
aside,
turn
aside
, touch
not ,'
For
they fled --
yea,
they
have
wandered ,
They
have
said
among nations :
`
They do
not
add
to
sojourn
. '
“Go
away!
Unclean !”
men
shouted
at
them .
“Away
, away!
Do
not touch
us!”
So
they fled and
wandered .
Among the
nations it
was
said,
“
They can
stay
here
no
longer
. ”
The face
of Jehovah
hath
divided
them ,
He doth
not
add
to
behold
them ,
The face
of
priests they
have
not
lifted
up,
Elders they
have
not
favoured
.
The presence
of the
LORD
has
scattered
them ;
He regards
them no
more.
The priests are
shown
no
honor;
the
elders find
no
favor
.
While we
exist
--
consumed
are
our eyes for
our
vain help ,
In
our
watch-tower
we have
watched for a nation `
that '
saveth
not.
All
the
while our eyes were
failing
as
we
looked
in
vain for
help .
We watched from
our
towers
for a nation that could
not save
us
.
They have
hunted
our steps
from
going
in our broad-places,
Near
hath
been
our end, fulfilled
our days
, For come
hath
our end .
They stalked
our every
step,
so
that
we
could
not
walk
in our streets.
Our end drew
near
, our time
ran
out
, for our end had
come!
Swifter have
been
our
pursuers,
Than the eagles of
the heavens,
On
the mountains they
have
burned
`after'
us ,
In the wilderness they
have
laid
wait
for
us
.
Those
who
chased
us
were
swifter than the eagles in
the sky;
they
pursued
us
over
the mountains and
ambushed
us in the wilderness.
The breath of our nostrils
--
the
anointed
of
Jehovah
, Hath
been
captured in their pits ,
of
whom
we said :
`In
his shadow we do
live among nations. '
The LORD’s
anointed,
the
breath of our life
, was
captured in their pits .
We had
said of
him,
“Under
his shadow we will
live among the
nations. ”
Joy
and
rejoice, O daughter of Edom, Dwelling
in the land of Uz ,
Even
unto
thee
pass
over
doth
a
cup ,
Thou
art
drunk ,
and makest
thyself
naked
.
So
rejoice and
be
glad
, O Daughter of Edom, you
who
dwell
in the land of Uz .
Yet
the
cup will
pass
to
you
as
well;
you
will
get
drunk and expose
yourself
.
Completed
`is'
thy
iniquity,
daughter of Zion, He doth
not add
to
remove
thee,
He hath
inspected
thy
iniquity, O daughter of Edom ,
He hath
removed
`thee'
because
of
thy
sins !
O
Daughter of Zion, your
punishment
is
complete;
He will
not prolong
your
exile.
But
He will
punish
your
iniquity, O Daughter of Edom ;
He will
expose
your
sins .
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