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Lamentations 4:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" 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. "

Lamentations 4:16

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14 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

15 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.

16 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.

17 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.

18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

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From This Chapter

Lamentations 4:1

"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."

Lamentations 4:2

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

Lamentations 4:3

"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 in the wilderness."

Lamentations 4:4

"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."

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

Lamentations 4:6

"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."

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