You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
Lamentations 4:5 - King James 2000 They that did eat delicacies are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet 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 in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Has my master sent me to your master, and to you, to speak these words? has he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall, that they may eat and drink their own waste with you?
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their treasures for food to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I have become despised.
And he would gladly have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day:
But what went you out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, they who are gorgeously appareled, and live in luxury, are in kings' courts.