Lamentations 4:5

Good News Translation

People who once ate the finest foods die starving in the streets; those raised in luxury are pawing through garbage for food.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:24

“Women of Israel, mourn for Saul! He clothed you in rich scarlet dresses and adorned you with jewels and gold.

2 Kings 18:27

He replied, “Do you think you and the king are the only ones the emperor sent me to say all these things to? No, I am also talking to the people who are sitting on the wall, who will have to eat their excrement and drink their urine, just as you will.”

Job 24:8

They are drenched by the rain that falls on the mountains, and they huddle beside the rocks for shelter.

Proverbs 31:21

She doesn't worry when it snows, because her family has warm clothing.

Lamentations 1:11

Her people groan as they look for something to eat; They exchange their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. “Look at me, Lord,” the city cries; “see me in my misery.”

Luke 15:16

He wished he could fill himself with the bean pods the pigs ate, but no one gave him anything to eat.

Luke 16:19

“There was once a rich man who dressed in the most expensive clothes and lived in great luxury every day.

Luke 7:25

What did you go out to see? A man dressed up in fancy clothes? People who dress like that and live in luxury are found in palaces!

1 Timothy 5:6

But a widow who gives herself to pleasure has already died, even though she lives.