Lamentations 4 (NET)

Lamentations 4:1¹Alas! Gold has lost its luster; pure gold loses value. Jewels are scattered on every street corner. ב (Bet )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 7:19-22Lam 2:19Isa 1:212 Kgs 25:9-10Isa 14:12Jer 52:13Matt 24:2Luke 21:5-6Mark 13:2

Lamentations 4:2²The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold— Alas!—but now they are treated like broken clay pots, made by a potter. ג (Gimel )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 30:14Jer 19:11Rom 9:21-232 Tim 2:202 Cor 4:7Isa 51:18Lam 5:12Zech 9:13Jer 22:28Lam 2:21

Lamentations 4:3³Even the jackals nurse their young at their breast, but my people are cruel, like ostriches in the wilderness. ד (Dalet )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 5:10Luke 23:28-29Lam 2:20Lam 4:102 Kgs 6:26-29Deut 28:52-57Jer 19:9Job 39:13-16Lev 26:29Isa 49:15

Lamentations 4:4⁴The infant’s tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth due to thirst; little children beg for bread, but no one gives them even a morsel. ה (He )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 22:15Lam 2:11-12Ps 137:6Deut 32:24Lam 1:11Matt 7:9-11

Lamentations 4:5⁵Those 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. ו (Vav )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 16:19Amos 6:3-7Luke 15:16Prov 31:211 Tim 5:62 Sam 1:24Deut 28:54-56Isa 24:6-12Luke 7:25Rev 18:7-9

Lamentations 4:6⁶The punishment of my people exceeds that of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment with no one to help her. ז (Zayin )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 19:25Isa 1:9-10Luke 10:12Luke 12:47Matt 24:21Dan 9:12Ezek 16:48-50Lam 4:9Matt 11:23-24

Lamentations 4:7⁷Our consecrated ones were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies more ruddy than corals, their hair like lapis lazuli. ח (Khet )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 51:7Ps 144:12Song 5:101 Sam 16:12Amos 2:11-12Dan 1:15Judg 13:5Judg 13:7Judg 16:17Num 6:2-21

Lamentations 4:8⁸Now their appearance is darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it is dried up, like tree bark. ט (Tet )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lam 5:10Job 30:30Ps 102:3-5Job 19:20Ps 119:83Isa 52:14Job 2:12Job 30:17-19Job 33:21Joel 2:6

Lamentations 4:9⁹Those who die by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, those who waste away, struck down from lack of food. י (Yod )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 24:23Jer 16:4Lev 26:39Ezek 33:10

Lamentations 4:10¹⁰The hands of tenderhearted women cooked their own children, who became their food, when my people were destroyed. כ (Kaf )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 6:26-29Isa 49:15Lam 2:20Jer 19:9Ezek 5:10Lam 3:48Lam 4:3Lev 26:29Deut 28:53-57

Lamentations 4:11¹¹The Lord fully vented his wrath; he poured out his fierce anger. He started a fire in Zion; it consumed her foundations. ל (Lamed )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 7:20Ezek 22:31Jer 17:27Lam 2:17Dan 9:12Deut 32:21-25Ezek 20:47-48Jer 13:14Jer 14:15-16Jer 15:1-4

Lamentations 4:12¹²Neither the kings of the earth nor the people of the lands ever thought that enemy or foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem. מ (Mem )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 29:24-28Ps 48:4-61 Kgs 9:8-9Jer 21:13

Lamentations 4:13¹³But it happened due to the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who poured out in her midst the blood of the righteous. נ (Nun )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 5:31Jer 6:13Ezek 22:26-28Jer 26:8-9Lam 2:14Matt 23:311 Thess 2:15-16Acts 7:52Jer 14:14Jer 2:20

Lamentations 4:14¹⁴They wander blindly through the streets, defiled by the blood they shed, while no one dares to touch their garments. ס (Samek )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 1:15Jer 2:34Deut 28:28-29Isa 56:10Num 19:16Eph 4:18Hos 4:2Isa 29:10-12Isa 59:9-11Matt 15:14

Lamentations 4:15¹⁵People cry to them, “Turn away! You are unclean! Turn away! Turn away! Don’t touch us!” So they have fled and wander about; but the nations say, “They may not stay here any longer.” פ (Pe )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 13:45-46

Lamentations 4:16¹⁶The Lord himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. They did not honor the priests; they did not show favor to the elders. ע (Ayin )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 9:14-16Lam 5:12Deut 32:26Deut 28:25Deut 28:64-65Heb 8:9Jer 24:92 Chr 36:172 Kgs 25:18-21Gen 49:7

Lamentations 4:17¹⁷Our eyes continually failed us as we looked in vain for help. From our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not rescue us. צ (Tsade )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 29:162 Kgs 24:7Isa 20:5Ezek 29:6-7Isa 30:1-7Isa 31:1-3Jer 2:18Jer 2:36Jer 37:7-10Jer 8:20

Lamentations 4:18¹⁸Our enemies hunted us down at every step so that we could not walk about in our streets. Our end drew near, our days were numbered, for our end had come! ק (Qof )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 8:2Ezek 7:2-12Ps 140:11Jer 16:16Lam 3:521 Sam 24:142 Kgs 25:4-5Ezek 12:22-23Ezek 12:27Jer 1:12

Lamentations 4:19¹⁹Those who pursued us were swifter than eagles in the sky. They chased us over the mountains; they ambushed us in the wilderness. ר (Resh )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hab 1:8Jer 4:13Isa 5:26-28Deut 28:49Hos 8:1Isa 30:16-17Amos 2:14Amos 9:1-3Matt 24:27-28

Lamentations 4:20²⁰Our very life breath—the Lord ’s anointed king — was caught in their traps, of whom we thought, “Under his protection we will survive among the nations.” ש (Sin/Shin )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 1:142 Sam 19:21Ezek 12:13Gen 2:7Jer 39:52 Sam 1:21Ezek 17:18Lam 2:9Ps 89:20-211 Sam 12:3

Lamentations 4:21²¹Rejoice and be glad for now, O people of Edom, who reside in the land of Uz. But the cup of judgment will pass to you also; you will get drunk and take off your clothes. ת (Tav )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 1:11Job 1:1Rev 16:15Ps 137:72 Chr 28:19Eccl 11:9Ezek 25:12-14Ezek 25:6Ezek 25:8Ezek 26:2

Lamentations 4:22²²O people of Zion, your punishment will come to an end; he will not prolong your exile. But, O people of Edom, he will punish your sin and reveal your offenses!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 40:2Jer 50:20Ps 137:7Ezek 37:28Isa 52:1Isa 60:18Jer 32:40Jer 33:8Jer 46:27-28Lam 4:21