Lamentations 4:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Those who used to eat delicacies are destitute in the streets; those who were brought up in purple garments huddle in rubbish heaps.

Cross References

Luke 16:19

‘There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen,   feasting lavishly every day.

Luke 15:16

He longed to eat his fill from   the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one would give him anything.

1 Timothy 5:6

however, she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.

Luke 7:25

What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? See, those who are splendidly dressed and live in luxury are in royal palaces.

Proverbs 31:21

She is not afraid for her household when it snows, for all in her household are doubly clothed.

2 Samuel 1:24

Daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with luxurious things, who decked your garments with gold ornaments.

Job 24:8

Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against   the rocks, without shelter.

2 Kings 18:27

But the royal spokesman said to them, ‘Has my master sent me to speak these words only to your master and to you? Hasn’t he also sent me to the men who sit on the wall, destined with you to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine? ’

Lamentations 1:11

All her people groan while they search for bread. They have traded their precious belongings for food in order to stay alive. Lord, look and see how I have become despised.