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-Terrors of the Besieged City
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 # Chapter 4
-1. How the gold has become tarnished,
+1 How the gold has become tarnished,
 the fine gold become dull!
 The stones of the temple lie scattered
 at the head of every street.
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-2. Zion's precious children--
-once worth their weight in pure gold--
+2 Zion’s precious children—
+once worth their weight in pure gold—
 how they are regarded as clay jars,
-the work of a potter's hands!
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-3. Even jackals offer their breasts
+the work of a potter’s hands!
+3 Even jackals offer their breasts
 to nurse their young,
 but my dear people have become cruel
 like ostriches in the wilderness.
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-4. The nursing baby's tongue
+4 The nursing baby’s tongue
 clings to the roof of his mouth from thirst.
 Infants beg for food,
 but no one gives them any.
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-5. Those who used to eat delicacies
+5 Those who used to eat delicacies
 are destitute in the streets;
 those who were reared in purple garments
 huddle in trash heaps.
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-6. The punishment of my dear people
+6 The punishment of my dear people
 is greater than that of Sodom,
 which was overthrown in an instant
 without a hand laid on it.
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-7. Her dignitaries were brighter than snow,
+7 Her dignitaries were brighter than snow,
 whiter than milk;
 their bodies were more ruddy than coral,
 their appearance like lapis lazuli.
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-8. Now they appear darker than soot;
+8 Now they appear darker than soot;
 they are not recognized in the streets.
 Their skin has shriveled on their bones;
 it has become dry like wood.
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-9. Those slain by the sword are better off
+9 Those slain by the sword are better off
 than those slain by hunger,
 who waste away, pierced with pain
 because the fields lack produce.
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-10. The hands of compassionate women
+10 The hands of compassionate women
 have cooked their own children;
 they became their food
 during the destruction of my dear people.
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-11. The Lord has exhausted his wrath,
+11 The Lord has exhausted his wrath,
 poured out his burning anger;
 he has ignited a fire in Zion,
 and it has consumed her foundations.
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-12. The kings of the earth
-and all the world's inhabitants did not believe
+12 The kings of the earth
+and all the world’s inhabitants did not believe
 that an enemy or adversary
-could enter Jerusalem's gates.
-
-13. Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets
+could enter Jerusalem’s gates.
+13 Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets
 and the iniquities of her priests,
 who shed the blood of the righteous within her.
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-14. Blind, they stumbled in the streets,
+14 Blind, they stumbled in the streets,
 defiled by this blood,
 so that no one dared
 to touch their garments.
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-15. "Stay away! Unclean!" people shouted at them.
-"Away, away! Don't touch us!"
+15 “Stay away! Unclean!” people shouted at them.
+“Away, away! Don’t touch us!” 
 So they wandered aimlessly.
 It was said among the nations,
-"They can stay here no longer."
-
-16. The Lord himself has scattered them;
+“They can stay here no longer.”
+16 The Lord himself has scattered them;
 he no longer watches over them.
 The priests are not respected;
 the elders find no favor.
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-17. All the while our eyes were failing
+17 All the while our eyes were failing
 as we looked in vain for help;
 we watched from our towers
 for a nation that would not save us.
-
-18. Our steps were closely followed
+18 Our steps were closely followed
 so that we could not walk in our streets.
 Our end approached; our time ran out.
 Our end had come!
-
-19. Those who chased us were swifter
+19 Those who chased us were swifter
 than eagles in the sky;
 they relentlessly pursued us over the mountains
 and ambushed us in the wilderness.
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-20. The Lord's anointed, the breath of our life,
+20 The Lord’s anointed, the breath of our life,
 was captured in their traps.
 We had said about him,
-"We will live under his protection among the nations."
-
-21. So rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom,
+“We will live under his protection among the nations.”
+21 So rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom,
 you resident of the land of Uz!
 Yet the cup will pass to you as well;
 you will get drunk and expose yourself.
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-22. Daughter Zion, your punishment is complete;
+22 Daughter Zion, your punishment is complete;
 he will not lengthen your exile.
 But he will punish your iniquity, Daughter Edom,
-and will expose your sins.
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+and will expose your sins.