Daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and finery, who put ornaments of gold on your clothes.
Lamentations 4:5 - Tree of Life Version Those who used to eat delicacies are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace trash 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. |
Daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and finery, who put ornaments of gold on your clothes.
But the Rab-shakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall—who will eat their own wastes and drink their own urine with you?”
They are drenched by mountain rains, and hug the rock for lack of shelter.
She is not afraid of snow for her house, for her whole household is clothed in scarlet wool.
All her people groan, as they seek bread. They traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. “Look, Adonai, and see! For I have become despised!”
And he was longing to fill up on the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one was giving him any.
“Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, living it up in luxury every day.
No? So what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine garments? Look, those who wear finery and live in luxury are in the palaces of kings!