New American Standard Bible 2020

Lamentations 4:7-11

7Her 1consecratedH5139 onesH5139 were 2purerH2141 thanH4480 snowH7950, They shinedH6705 moreH4480 thanH4480 milkH2461; They were moreH4480 ruddyH119 in 3bodyH6106 thanH4480 pearlsH6443 ofH6443 coralH6443, Their formH1508 was like 4 5lapisH5601 lazuliH5601.8Their appearanceH8389 isH2821 6darkerH2821 thanH4480 sootH7815, They are not recognizedH5234 in the streetsH2351; Their 7skinH5785 is shriveledH6821 on their bonesH6106, It isH3001 dryH3001, it has becomeH1961 like woodH6086.9BetterH2896 off are those 8killedH2491 by the swordH2719 ThanH4480 those killedH2491 by hungerH7458; For they 9 10wasteH2100 awayH2100, 11strickenH1856 By the lackH4480 of the produceH8570 of the fieldH7706.10The handsH3027 of compassionateH7362 womenH802 12BoiledH1310 their own childrenH3206; They becameH1961 13foodH1262 for them Due to the destructionH7667 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971.11The LordH3068 has 14expendedH3615 His wrathH2534, He has pouredH8210 outH8210 His fierceH2740 angerH639; And He has 15kindledH3341 a fireH784 in ZionH6726, And it has consumedH398 its foundationsH3247.

Notes

1. Lamentations 4:7 Or Nazirites ↩
2. Lamentations 4:7 Ps 51:7 ↩
3. Lamentations 4:7 Lit bones ↩
4. Lamentations 4:7 Heb sappir ↩
5. Lamentations 4:7 Ex 24:10; Job 28:16 ↩
6. Lamentations 4:8 Job 30:30; Lam 5:10 ↩
7. Lamentations 4:8 Job 19:20; Ps 102:3-5 ↩
8. Lamentations 4:9 Jer 16:4 ↩
9. Lamentations 4:9 Lit flow away ↩
10. Lamentations 4:9 Lev 26:39; Ezek 24:23 ↩
11. Lamentations 4:9 Lit pierced through ↩
12. Lamentations 4:10 Lev 26:29; Deut 28:57; 2 Kin 6:29; Jer 19:9; Lam 2:20; Ezek 5:10 ↩
13. Lamentations 4:10 Deut 28:53-55 ↩
14. Lamentations 4:11 Jer 7:20; Lam 2:17; Ezek 22:31 ↩
15. Lamentations 4:11 Deut 32:22; Jer 17:27 ↩