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Ah! how the gold is dimmed,
the gold so pure!
the sacred gems are scattered
over every street;
2the priceless sons of Sion,
worth their weight in gold,
count no more than crockery,
mere pots of clay!
3Even jackals give the breast,
their whelps they suckle;
but cruel are the women of my people
as the ostrich wild;
4for the tongue of the nursling cleaves for thirst
to the roof of its mouth,
the children beg for food,
and no one gives it.
5Those who fared on dainties
rot upon the street;
those who lay on scarlet rugs
huddle on an ash-heap.
6The guilt of my people was greater
than even the sin of Sodom--
Sodom that fell in a flash,
ere any could wring his hands.
7Her headmen were brighter than snow,
and whiter than milk,
ruddier than rubies,
their bodies veined like sapphires;
8and now they look more darksome than the night--
none knows them as they pass--
their skin drawn tight over the bone,
dry as a stick.
9Better to die by the sword
than by starving,
stabbed to death by hunger
suddenly in the field!
10The hands of tender women
have sodden their own children--
making that their food,
amid the wreck.
11The Eternal has carried out his fury,
venting his hot anger;
he has lit a fire in Sion
that burns her to the base.
12None could believe, no king,
no man in all the world,
that foe or enemy could ever enter
inside Jerusalem.
13It was all for the sin of her prophets,
for the crime of her priests,
who shed in her
the blood of the just.
14Now, stained with blood, they wander
blindly about the streets,
brushing against men
they once avoided.
15Men shout to them, “Begone! you are unclean!
begone! avoid us!”
So they stagger and wander abroad,
finding no shelter; 16 the Eternal himself has scattered them,
caring nothing for them,
regardless of the priests,
and heedless of the prophets.
17Our eyes are strained and failing,
as we look for aid unavailing;
we are watching for a nation
that has never brought salvation.
18Foes dog our steps,
we dare not walk abroad;
our days are numbered and over,
for our end has come.
19More swift were our pursuers
than eagles of the air,
hunting us over the hills,
ambushing us on the wolds;
20they trapped the king, the Eternal’s choice,
the very breath of our lives,
of whom we said, “Under his reign
we shall hold out, among the nations!”
21Rejoice and be glad in your home-land,
O maiden Edom!
But the cup will come round to you,
and leave you drunk and dishevelled.
22Sion, your guilt is over and gone--
no more exile for you!
But, Edom, your guilt shall be punished,
your sins laid bare!