Lamentations 4:5

The Scriptures 1998

Those who ate delicacies Have been laid waste in the streets; Those who were brought up in scarlet Have embraced dunghills.

Cross References

Luke 16:19

“But there was a certain rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and lived luxuriously every day.

Luke 15:16

“And he was longing to fill his stomach with the pods which the pigs were eating, and no one gave to him.

1 Timothy 5:6

But she who is living in luxury is dead while she lives.

Luke 7:25

“But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft garments? Look, those who are splendidly dressed and living in luxury are in the houses of sovereigns.

Proverbs 31:21

She is not afraid of snow for her household, For all her household is dressed in scarlet.

2 Samuel 1:24

“Daughters of Yisra’ĕ

Job 24:8

They are wet with the showers of the hills, and have embraced a rock for lack of shelter.

2 Kings 18:27

And the Raḇ

Lamentations 1:11

All her people are sighing, seeking bread. They have given their precious matters For food, to bring back life. “See, O יהוה, and look, For I have become despised.”