Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
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 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, Who
are
comparable with
fine gold, How have
they been
reckoned
earthen bottles
, Work of the hands of a
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 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 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.
Cleaved
hath
the tongue of a
suckling
unto
his palate
with
thirst ,
Infants
asked
bread, a
dealer
out
they
have
none
.
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
.
Those
eating
of
dainties
have
been
desolate in out-places,
Those
supported
on
scarlet have
embraced
dunghills.
They
that
did
feed
delicately
are
desolate in the
streets:
they
that
were
brought
up
in
scarlet embrace
dunghills.
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.
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.
Purer
were
her Nazarites than snow, Whiter than milk, ruddier
of
body than rubies, Of sapphire their
form.
Her Nazarites were
purer
than snow, they
were
whiter than milk, they
were
more
ruddy
in
body than rubies, their
polishing
was
of sapphire :
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
.
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
.
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.
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 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 the
pitiful
women have sodden
their own children :
they were
their
meat
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
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
.
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, 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.
Because
of
the sins of her prophets, The iniquities of her priests, Who
are
shedding
in
her
midst
the blood of the righteous
,
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 have wandered naked
in out-places
, They have been
polluted with blood, Without
`any'
being
able
to
touch their clothing,
They have wandered as
blind
men
in the
streets
, they have polluted themselves
with blood, so
that
men
could
not
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. '
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 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 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
.
While
we
exist
--
consumed
are
our eyes for our vain help ,
In our watch-tower
we have watched for a nation `
that '
saveth
not.
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 have
hunted
our steps from
going
in our broad-places,
Near
hath
been
our end, fulfilled
our days ,
For come
hath
our end.
They hunt
our steps ,
that
we
cannot
go
in our streets:
our end is
near
, our days are
fulfilled;
for our end is
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.
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
, Hath
been
captured
in their pits, of whom we said :
`In
his shadow we do
live among 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
.
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.
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.
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 !
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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