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1How 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 .
2The precious sons of Zion ,
comparable to fine gold ,
how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers ,
the work of the hands of the potter !
3Even 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 .
4The 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 .
5Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets .
Those who were brought up in purple embrace dunghills.
6For 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 .
7Her nobles were purer than snow .
They were whiter than milk .
They were more ruddy in body than rubies .
Their polishing was like sapphire .
8Their 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 .
9Those 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 .
10The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children .
They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people .
11The LORD has accomplished his wrath .
He has poured out his fierce anger .
He has kindled a fire in Zion ,
which has devoured its foundations .
12The kings of the earth didn’t believe,
neither did all the inhabitants of the world ,
that the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem .
13It is because of the sins of her prophets
and the iniquities of her priests ,
that have shed the blood of the just in the middle of her .
14They wander as blind men in the streets .
They are polluted with blood ,
So that men can ’t touch their garments .
15“Go away !” they cried to them .
“Unclean ! Go away ! Go away ! Don’t touch !
When they fled away and wandered , men said amongst the nations ,
“They can ’t live here any more .”
16The LORD ’s anger has scattered them .
He will not pay attention to them any more .
They didn’t respect the persons of the priests .
They didn’t favour the elders .
17Our eyes still fail ,
looking in vain for our help .
In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save .
18They hunt our steps ,
so that we can’t go in our streets .
Our end is near .
Our days are fulfilled ,
for our end has come .
19Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky .
They chased us on the mountains .
They set an ambush for us in the wilderness .
20The breath of our nostrils,
the anointed of the LORD ,
was taken in their pits ;
of whom we said,
under his shadow we will live amongst the nations .
21Rejoice and be glad , daughter of Edom,
who dwells in the land of Uz .
The cup will pass through to you also .
You will be drunken ,
and will make yourself naked .
22The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished , daughter of Zion .
He will no more carry you away into captivity .
He will visit your iniquity , daughter of Edom.
He will uncover your sins .