Lamentations 4:5

Contemporary English Version 1995

All who ate expensive foods lie starving in the streets; those who grew up in luxury now sit on trash heaps.

Cross References

Luke 16:19

There was once a rich man who wore expensive clothes and every day ate the best food.

Luke 15:16

He would have been glad to eat what the pigs were eating, but no one gave him a thing.

1 Timothy 5:6

A widow who thinks only about having a good time is already dead, even though she is still alive.

Luke 7:25

What kind of man did you really go out to see? Was he someone dressed in fine clothes? People who wear expensive clothes and live in luxury are in the king's palace.

Proverbs 31:21

Her family has warm clothing, and so she doesn't worry when it snows.

2 Samuel 1:24

Women of Israel, cry for Saul. He brought you fine red cloth and jewelry made of gold.

Job 24:8

and during a storm their only shelters are caves among the rocky cliffs.

2 Kings 18:27

The Assyrian army commander answered, “My king sent me to speak to everyone, not just to you leaders. These people will soon have to eat their own body waste and drink their own urine! And so will the three of you.”

Lamentations 1:11

Everyone in the city groans while searching for food; they trade their valuables for barely enough scraps to stay alive. Jerusalem shouts to the Lord, “Please look and see how miserable I am!”