“You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you luxuriously in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.
Lamentations 4:5 - English Standard Version 2016 Those who once feasted on delicacies perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple embrace ash heaps. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They that did feed delicately Are desolate in the streets: They that were brought up In scarlet embrace dunghills. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Those who feasted on dainties are perishing in the streets; those who were brought up in purple lie cleaving to refuse and ash heaps. American Standard Version (1901) They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: They that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. Common English Bible Those who once ate gourmet food now tremble in the streets. Those who wore the finest purple clothes now cling to piles of garbage. Catholic Public Domain Version HE. Those who were fed indulgently have passed away in the roads. Those who were nourished with saffron have welcomed filth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He. They that were fed delicately have died in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet have embraced the dung. |
“You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you luxuriously in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.
But the Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and to drink their own urine?”
They are wet with the rain of the mountains and cling to the rock for lack of shelter.
She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet.
All her people groan as they search for bread; they trade their treasures for food to revive their strength. “Look, O Lord, and see, for I am despised.”
And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.
“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are dressed in splendid clothing and live in luxury are in kings’ courts.