Lamentations 4:3
Sea monsters - Rather, jackals.
Their young ones - " Their" whelps. The term is applied only to the young of dogs, lions, and the like.
The Degradation of Zion
1 How the gold has become dim!
How changed the fine gold!
The stones of the sanctuary are1 scattered
At the head of every street.
How changed the fine gold!
The stones of the sanctuary are1 scattered
At the head of every street.
2 The precious sons of Zion,
1Valuable as fine gold,
How they are1 regarded aas clay pots,
The work of the hands of the potter!
1Valuable as fine gold,
How they are1 regarded aas clay pots,
The work of the hands of the potter!
3 Even the jackals present their breasts
To nurse their young;
But the daughter of my people is cruel,
aLike ostriches in the wilderness.
To nurse their young;
But the daughter of my people is cruel,
aLike ostriches in the wilderness.
4 The tongue of the infant clings
To the roof of its mouth for thirst;
aThe young children ask for bread,
But no one breaks it for them.
To the roof of its mouth for thirst;
aThe young children ask for bread,
But no one breaks it for them.
5 Those who ate delicacies
Are desolate in the streets;
Those who were brought up in scarlet
aEmbrace ash heaps.
Are desolate in the streets;
Those who were brought up in scarlet
aEmbrace ash heaps.
6 The punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people
Is greater than the punishment of the asin of Sodom,
Which was boverthrown in a moment,
With no hand to help her!
Is greater than the punishment of the asin of Sodom,
Which was boverthrown in a moment,
With no hand to help her!
7 Her1 Nazirites were brighter than snow
And whiter than milk;
They were more ruddy in body than rubies,
Like sapphire in their1 appearance.
And whiter than milk;
They were more ruddy in body than rubies,
Like sapphire in their1 appearance.
8 Now their appearance is blacker than soot;
They go unrecognized in the streets;
aTheir skin clings to their bones,
It has become as dry as wood.
They go unrecognized in the streets;
aTheir skin clings to their bones,
It has become as dry as wood.
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Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Lamentations 4:3:
Job 30:29
Job 39:16
Psalms 91:13
Isaiah 2:20
Isaiah 13:21
Isaiah 13:22
Isaiah 22:4
Micah 7:5-6
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