95 lines
3.1 KiB
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95 lines
3.1 KiB
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# Chapter 4
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1 How the gold has become dim!
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How changed the fine gold!
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The stones of the sanctuary are scattered
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At the head of every street.
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2 The precious sons of Zion,
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Valuable as fine gold,
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How they are regarded as clay pots,
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The work of the hands of the potter!
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3 Even the jackals present their breasts
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To nurse their young;
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But the daughter of my people is cruel,
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Like ostriches in the wilderness.
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4 The tongue of the infant clings
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To the roof of its mouth for thirst;
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The young children ask for bread,
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But no one breaks it for them.
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5 Those who ate delicacies
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Are desolate in the streets;
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Those who were brought up in scarlet
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Embrace ash heaps.
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6 The punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people
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Is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom,
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Which was overthrown in a moment,
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With no hand to help her!
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7 Her Nazirites were brighter than snow
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And whiter than milk;
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They were more ruddy in body than rubies,
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Like sapphire in their appearance.
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8 Now their appearance is blacker than soot;
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They go unrecognized in the streets;
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Their skin clings to their bones,
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It has become as dry as wood.
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9 Those slain by the sword are better off
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Than those who die of hunger;
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For these pine away,
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Stricken for lack of the fruits of the field.
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10 The hands of the compassionate women
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Have cooked their own children;
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They became food for them
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In the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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11 The Lord has fulfilled His fury,
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He has poured out His fierce anger.
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He kindled a fire in Zion,
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And it has devoured its foundations.
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12 The kings of the earth,
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And all inhabitants of the world,
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Would not have believed
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That the adversary and the enemy
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Could enter the gates of Jerusalem—
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13 Because of the sins of her prophets
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And the iniquities of her priests,
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Who shed in her midst
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The blood of the just.
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14 They wandered blind in the streets;
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They have defiled themselves with blood,
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So that no one would touch their garments.
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15 They cried out to them,
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“Go away, unclean!
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Go away, go away,
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Do not touch us!”
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When they fled and wandered,
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Those among the nations said,
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“They shall no longer dwell here.”
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16 The face of the Lord scattered them;
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He no longer regards them.
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The people do not respect the priests
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Nor show favor to the elders.
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17 Still our eyes failed us,
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Watching vainly for our help;
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In our watching we watched
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For a nation that could not save us.
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18 They tracked our steps
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So that we could not walk in our streets.
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Our end was near;
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Our days were over,
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For our end had come.
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19 Our pursuers were swifter
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Than the eagles of the heavens.
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They pursued us on the mountains
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And lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
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20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord,
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Was caught in their pits,
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Of whom we said, “Under his shadow
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We shall live among the nations.”
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21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,
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You who dwell in the land of Uz!
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The cup shall also pass over to you
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And you shall become drunk and make yourself naked.
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22 The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished,
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O daughter of Zion;
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He will no longer send you into captivity.
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He will punish your iniquity,
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O daughter of Edom;
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He will uncover your sins! |