The (A)tongue of the infant clings
To the roof of its mouth because of (B)thirst;
The children (C)ask for bread,
But no one breaks it for them.
Those who used to eat (D)delicacies
Are made to tremble in the streets;
Those who were raised in crimson clothing
Embrace garbage heaps.
For the [a]wrongdoing of the daughter of my people
Is greater than the [b](E)sin of Sodom,
Which was (F)overthrown as in a moment,
[c]And no hands were turned toward her.

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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

Because of thirst(A) the infant’s tongue
    sticks to the roof of its mouth;(B)
the children beg for bread,
    but no one gives it to them.(C)

Those who once ate delicacies
    are destitute in the streets.
Those brought up in royal purple(D)
    now lie on ash heaps.(E)

The punishment of my people
    is greater than that of Sodom,(F)
which was overthrown in a moment
    without a hand turned to help her.

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