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Lamentations 4:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Her nobles were purer than snow. They were whiter than milk. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. Their polishing was like sapphire. "

Lamentations 4:7

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5 Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace dunghills.

6 For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment. No hands were laid on her.

7 Her nobles were purer than snow. They were whiter than milk. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. Their polishing was like sapphire.

8 Their appearance is blacker than a coal. They are not known in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones. It is withered. It has become like wood.

9 Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through, for lack of the fruits of the field.

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Lamentations 4:1

"How the gold has become dim! The most pure gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street."

Lamentations 4:2

"The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!"

Lamentations 4:3

"Even the jackals offer their breast. They nurse their young ones. But the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness."

Lamentations 4:4

"The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst. The young children ask for bread, and no one breaks it for them."

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"Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace dunghills."

Lamentations 4:6

"For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment. No hands were laid on her."

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