For the [a]wrongdoing of the daughter of my people
Is greater than the [b](A)sin of Sodom,
Which was (B)overthrown as in a moment,
[c]And no hands were turned toward her.
Her [d]consecrated ones were (C)purer than snow,
They shined more than milk;
They were more ruddy in [e]body than pearls of coral,
Their form was like [f](D)lapis lazuli.
Their appearance is (E)darker than soot,
They are not recognized in the streets;
Their (F)skin is shriveled on their bones,
It is dry, it has become like wood.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 4:6 Or punishment for wrongdoing
  2. Lamentations 4:6 Or punishment for sin
  3. Lamentations 4:6 I.e., without human intervention
  4. Lamentations 4:7 Or Nazirites
  5. Lamentations 4:7 Lit bones
  6. Lamentations 4:7 Heb sappir

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