Lamentations 4:5

New International Reader's Version

Those who once ate fine food are dying in the streets. Those who wore royal clothes are now lying on piles of trash.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:24

“Daughters of Israel, mourn over Saul. He dressed you in the finest clothes. He decorated your clothes with ornaments of gold.

2 Kings 18:27

But the commander replied, “My master sent me to say these things. Are these words only for your master and you to hear? Aren’t they also for the people sitting on the wall? They are going to suffer just like you. They’ll have to eat their own waste. They’ll have to drink their own urine.”

Job 24:8

They are soaked by mountain rains. They hug the rocks because they don’t have anything to keep them warm.

Proverbs 31:21

When it snows, she’s not afraid for her family. All of them are dressed in the finest clothes.

Lamentations 1:11

All Jerusalem’s people groan as they search for bread. They trade their treasures for food just to stay alive. Jerusalem says, “Lord, look at me. Think about my condition. Everyone looks down on me.”

Luke 15:16

The son wanted to fill his stomach with the food the pigs were eating. But no one gave him anything.

Luke 16:19

“Once there was a rich man. He was dressed in purple cloth and fine linen. He lived an easy life every day.

Luke 7:25

If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No. Those who wear fine clothes and have many expensive things are in palaces.

1 Timothy 5:6

But a widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still living.