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.
9 Those slain by the sword are better off
Than those who die of hunger;
For these apine away,
Stricken for lack of the fruits of the bfield.
Than those who die of hunger;
For these apine away,
Stricken for lack of the fruits of the bfield.
10 The hands of the acompassionate women
Have1 cooked their bown children;
They became cfood for them
In the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Have1 cooked their bown children;
They became cfood for them
In the destruction of the daughter of my people.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Interlinear Bible for Lamentations 4:5:
'akal (#398)
ma`adan (#4574)
shamem (#8074)
chuwts (#2351)
'aman (#539)
`al (#5921)
towla` (#8438)
chabaq (#2263)
'ashpoth (#830)
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