Catholic Public Domain Version
"HE. Those who were fed indulgently have passed away in the roads. Those who were nourished with saffron have welcomed filth. "
— Lamentations 4:5, Catholic Public Domain Version
“They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.”
“They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: They that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. ”
“Those who did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.”
“ה(He) Those who once feasted on delicacies are now starving to death in the streets. Those who grew up wearing expensive clothes are now dying amid garbage.”
“He. They that were fed delicately have died in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet have embraced the dung.”
“Those who were used to feasting on delicate food are wasted in the streets: those who as children were dressed in purple are stretched out on the dust.”
“They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.”
BETH. The famous sons of Zion, and those clothed with the foremost gold: how they have become like earthen vessels, the work of the hands of a potter.
GHIMEL. Yet even savages expose their breast and give milk to their young. But the daughter of my people is cruel, like the ostrich in the desert.
DALETH. The tongue of the infant adheres to his palate out of thirst. The little ones have asked for bread, and there was no one to break it for them.
HE. Those who were fed indulgently have passed away in the roads. Those who were nourished with saffron have welcomed filth.
VAU. And the iniquity of the daughter of my people has been made greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, and yet hands did not take captives in her.
ZAIN. Her Nazirites were whiter than snow, shinier than milk, more ruddy than ancient ivory, more beautiful than sapphire.
HETH. Their face has been blacked more than coals, and they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has adhered to their bones; it dried out and became like wood.