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Lamentations 4:3-12

3Even the jackals draw out the breastH7699, they give suckH3243 to their young ones:The daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971 is become cruelH393, like the ostriches in the wildernessH4057.4The tongueH3956 of the sucking childH5768 cleaveth to the roof of his mouthH2441 for thirstH6772:The young childrenH5768 askH7592 breadH3899, and no man breaketh it unto them.5They that did feed delicately are desolateH8074 in the streetsH2351:They that were brought up in scarletH8438 embraceH2263 dunghills.6For the iniquityH5771 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971 is greaterH1431 than the sinH2403 of SodomH5467,That was overthrown as in a momentH7281, and no handsH3027 were laid upon her.7Her nobles were purer than snowH7950, they were whiter than milkH2461;They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphireH5601.8Their visage isH1961 blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streetsH2351:Their skinH5785 cleaveth to their bonesH6106; it isH1961 witheredH3001, it isH1961 becomeH1961 like a stick.9They that are slainH2491 with the swordH2719 are betterH2896 than they that are slainH2491 with hungerH7458;For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruitsH8570 of the fieldH7704.10The handsH3027 of the pitiful womenH802 have boiledH1310 their own childrenH3206;They wereH1961 their food in the destructionH7667 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971.11Jehovah hath accomplished his wrathH2534, he hath pouredH8210 out his fierce angerH639;And he hath kindledH3341 a fireH784 in ZionH6726, which hath devouredH398 the foundationsH3247 thereof.12The kingsH4428 of the earthH776 believedH539 not, neither all the inhabitantsH3427 of the worldH8398,That the adversary and the enemyH341 would enter into the gatesH8179 of JerusalemH3389.

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