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\v 1 The gold has become tarnished; how the purest gold has changed!
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\q The holy stones are scattered at the corner of every street.
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\v 2 The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in pure gold,
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\q but now they are worth no more than clay jars, the work of the potter's hands!
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\v 3 Even the jackals offer the breast to nurse their cubs, but
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\q the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the desert.
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\v 4 The tongue of the nursing baby sticks to the roof of his mouth by thirst;
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\q the children ask for food, but there is none for them.
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\v 5 The ones who used to feast on expensive food now starve in the streets;
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\q those who were brought up wearing purple clothing, now lie upon piles of garbage.
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\v 6 The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom,
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\q which was overthrown in a moment and no hands were wrung for her.
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\v 7 Her leaders were purer than snow, whiter than milk;
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\q their bodies were more ruddy than coral, their form was like sapphire.
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\v 8 Their appearance now is darker than soot;
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\q they are not recognized in the streets.
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\q Their skin has shriveled on their bones;
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\q it has become as dry as wood.
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\v 9 Those who have been killed by the sword were happier than those killed by hunger,
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\q who wasted away, pierced by the lack of any harvest from the field.
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\v 10 The hands of compassionate women have boiled their own children;
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\q they became their food during the time
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\q when the daughter of my people was being destroyed.
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\v 11 Yahweh showed all his wrath; he poured out his fierce anger.
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\q He kindled a fire in Zion that consumed her foundations.
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\v 12 The kings of the earth did not believe,
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\q nor did any of the inhabitants of the world believe,
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\q that enemies or opponents could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
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\v 13 This happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests
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\q who have shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.
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\v 14 They wandered, blind, through the streets.
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\q They were so defiled by that blood that no one was allowed to touch their clothes.
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\v 15 "Away! Unclean!" people cried at them. "Away! Away! Do not touch!"
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\q So they wandered about; people said among the nations, "They can stay here no longer."
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\v 16 Yahweh himself scattered them; he does not watch over them anymore.
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\q They do not honor the priests,
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\q and they did not show any favor to the elders.
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\v 17 Our eyes failed, looking in vain for help;
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\q from our watchtowers we watched
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\q for a nation that could not rescue us.
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\v 18 They followed our steps,
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\q we could not walk in our streets.
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\q Our end was near and our days were numbered,
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\q our end had come.
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\v 19 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles in the sky.
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\q They chased us to the mountains and lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
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\v 20 The breath in our nostrils—Yahweh's anointed one—he was the one who was captured in their pits;
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\q of whom it was said, "Under his shadow we will live among the nations."
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\v 21 Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom,
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\q you who live in the land of Uz.
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\q But to you also the cup will be passed;
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\q you will be drunk and strip yourself naked.
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\v 22 Daughter of Zion, your punishment will come to an end;
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\q he will not extend your exile.
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\q But daughter of Edom, he will punish;
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\q he will uncover your sins.
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