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1. See how the gold has grown dark, how the pure gold has changed. There are jewels scattered all around at every street corner.
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1. How H349 is the gold H2091 become dim H6004 ! how is the most H2896 fine gold H3800 changed H8132 ! the stones H68 of the sanctuary H6944 are poured out H8210 in the top H7218 of every H3605 street H2351 .
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2. The people of Zion were worth a lot. They were worth their weight in gold. But now the enemy treats them like old clay jars. The enemy treats them like clay jars made by a potter.
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2. The precious H3368 sons H1121 of Zion H6726 , comparable H5537 to fine gold H6337 , how H349 are they esteemed H2803 as earthen H2789 pitchers H5035 , the work H4639 of the hands H3027 of the potter H3335 !
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3. Even a wild dog feeds her babies. Even the jackal lets her pups suck at her breast. But the daughter of my people is cruel. She is like the ostrich in the desert that forgets its eggs in the sand.
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3. Even H1571 the sea monsters H8565 draw out H2502 the breast H7699 , they give suck H3243 to their young ones H1482 : the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 is become cruel H393 , like the ostriches H3283 in the wilderness H4057 .
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4. Babies are so thirsty their tongues stick to the roof of their mouths. Young children ask for bread, but no one gives them any.
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4. The tongue H3956 of the sucking child H3243 cleaveth H1692 to H413 the roof of his mouth H2441 for thirst H6772 : the young children H5768 ask H7592 bread H3899 , and no man H369 breaketh H6566 it unto them.
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5. Those who ate rich food are now dying in the streets. Those who grew up wearing nice red clothes now pick through garbage piles.
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5. They that did feed H398 delicately H4574 are desolate H8074 in the streets H2351 : they that were brought up H539 in H5921 scarlet H8438 embrace H2263 dunghills H830 .
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6. The sin of the daughter of my people was very great. Their sin was greater than the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah. Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed suddenly. No human hand caused their destruction.
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6. For the punishment of the iniquity H5771 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 is greater H1431 than the punishment of the sin H4480 H2403 of Sodom H5467 , that was overthrown H2015 as in H3644 a moment H7281 , and no H3808 hands H3027 stayed H2342 on her.
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7. Some of the men of Judah were dedicated to God in a special way. They were very pure. They were whiter than snow, and whiter than milk. Their bodies were red like coral and their beards like sapphire stones.
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7. Her Nazarites H5139 were purer H2141 than snow H4480 H7950 , they were whiter H6705 than milk H4480 H2461 , they were more ruddy H119 in body H6106 than rubies H4480 H6443 , their polishing H1508 was of sapphire H5601 :
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8. But now their faces are blacker than soot. No one even recognizes them in the streets. Their skin is wrinkled over their bones. Their skin is like wood.
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8. Their visage H8389 is blacker H2821 than a coal H4480 H7815 ; they are not H3808 known H5234 in the streets H2351 : their skin H5785 cleaveth H6821 to H5921 their bones H6106 ; it is withered H3001 , it is become H1961 like a stick H6086 .
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9. It was better for those who were killed by the sword than for those who died of hunger. Those starving people were sad and hurt. They died because they got no food from the field.
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9. They that be slain H2491 with the sword H2719 are H1961 better H2896 than they that be slain H4480 H2491 with hunger H7458 : for these H7945 H1992 pine away H2100 , stricken through H1856 for want of the fruits H4480 H8570 of the field H7704 .
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10. Then even nice women cooked their own children. The children were food for their mothers. This happened when my people were destroyed.
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10. The hands H3027 of the pitiful H7362 women H802 have sodden H1310 their own children H3206 : they were H1961 their meat H1262 in the destruction H7667 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 .
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11. The Lord used all of his anger. He poured out all his anger. He made a fire in Zion that burned it down to the foundations.
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11. The LORD H3068 hath accomplished H3615 H853 his fury H2534 ; he hath poured out H8210 his fierce H2740 anger H639 , and hath kindled H3341 a fire H784 in Zion H6726 , and it hath devoured H398 the foundations H3247 thereof.
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12. The kings of the earth could not believe what had happened. The people of the world could not believe what had happened. They could not believe that enemies would be able to come through the city gates of Jerusalem.
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12. The kings H4428 of the earth H776 , and all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the world H8398 , would not H3808 have believed H539 that H3588 the adversary H6862 and the enemy H341 should have entered H935 into the gates H8179 of Jerusalem H3389 .
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13. This happened because the prophets of Jerusalem sinned. This happened because the priests of Jerusalem did evil things. They were shedding the blood of good people in the city of Jerusalem.
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13. For the sins H4480 H2403 of her prophets H5030 , and the iniquities H5771 of her priests H3548 , that have shed H8210 the blood H1818 of the just H6662 in the midst H7130 of her,
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14. The prophets and priests walked around like blind men in the streets. They had become dirty with blood. No one could even touch their clothes because they were dirty.
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14. They have wandered H5128 as blind H5787 men in the streets H2351 , they have polluted H1351 themselves with blood H1818 , so that men could H3201 not H3808 touch H5060 their garments H3830 .
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15. People shouted, "Go away! Go away! Don't touch us." They wandered around and had no home. People in other nations said, "We don't want them to live with us."
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15. They cried H7121 unto them, Depart H5493 ye; it is unclean H2931 ; depart H5493 , depart H5493 , touch H5060 not H408 : when H3588 they fled away H5132 and H1571 wandered H5128 , they said H559 among the heathen H1471 , They shall no H3808 more H3254 sojourn H1481 there .
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16. The Lord himself destroyed them. He didn't look after them anymore. He didn't respect the priests. He was not friendly to the elders of Judah.
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16. The anger H6440 of the LORD H3068 hath divided H2505 them ; he will no H3808 more H3254 regard H5027 them : they respected H5375 not H3808 the persons H6440 of the priests H3548 , they favored H2603 not H3808 the elders H2205 .
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17. We have worn out our eyes looking for help, but no help comes. We kept on looking for a nation to save us. We kept watch from our watchtower, but no nation came to us.
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17. As for us , our eyes H5869 as yet H5750 failed H3615 for H413 our vain H1892 help H5833 : in our watching H6836 we have watched H6822 for H413 a nation H1471 that could not H3808 save H3467 us .
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18. Our enemies hunted us all the time. We could not even go out into the streets. Our end came near. Our time was up. Our end came!
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18. They hunt H6679 our steps H6806 , that we cannot go H4480 H1980 in our streets H7339 : our end H7093 is near H7126 , our days H3117 are fulfilled H4390 ; for H3588 our end H7093 is come H935 .
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19. The men who chased us were faster than eagles in the sky. They chased us into the mountains. They hid in the desert to catch us.
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19. Our persecutors H7291 are H1961 swifter H7031 than the eagles H4480 H5404 of the heaven H8064 : they pursued H1814 us upon H5921 the mountains H2022 , they laid wait H693 for us in the wilderness H4057 .
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20. The king was very important to us. He was like the breath we breathe, but he was trapped by them. The Lord himself chose the king, and we said this about the king, "We will live in his shadow. He protects us from the nations."
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20. The breath H7307 of our nostrils H639 , the anointed H4899 of the LORD H3068 , was taken H3920 in their pits H7825 , of whom H834 we said H559 , Under his shadow H6738 we shall live H2421 among the heathen H1471 .
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21. Be happy, people of Edom. Be happy, you who live in the land of Uz. But remember, the cup of the Lord's anger will come around to you too. When you drink from that cup, you will get drunk and strip off all your clothes.
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21. Rejoice H7797 and be glad H8055 , O daughter H1323 of Edom H123 , that dwellest H3427 in the land H776 of Uz H5780 ; the cup H3563 also H1571 shall pass through H5674 unto H5921 thee : thou shalt be drunken H7937 , and shalt make thyself naked H6168 .
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22. Your punishment is complete, Zion. You will not go into captivity again. But the Lord will punish your sins, people of Edom. He will uncover your sins.
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22. The punishment of thine iniquity H5771 is accomplished H8552 , O daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 ; he will no H3808 more H3254 carry thee away into captivity H1540 : he will visit H6485 thine iniquity H5771 , O daughter H1323 of Edom H123 ; he will discover H1540 H5921 thy sins H2403 .
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