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Lamentations 4:4-6
New American Standard Bible
Lamentations 4:4-6
New American Standard Bible
4 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.
5 Those who used to eat (D)delicacies
Are made to tremble in the streets;
Those who were raised in crimson clothing
Embrace garbage heaps.
6 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.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 4:6 Or punishment for wrongdoing
- Lamentations 4:6 Or punishment for sin
- Lamentations 4:6 I.e., without human intervention
Lamentations 4:4-6
New International Version
Lamentations 4:4-6
New International Version
4 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)
5 Those who once ate delicacies
are destitute in the streets.
Those brought up in royal purple(D)
now lie on ash heaps.(E)
6 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.
Lamentations 4:4-6
King James Version
Lamentations 4:4-6
King James Version
4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.
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