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4 O how the gold is tarnished; the pure gold has changed.
The holy stones are scattered at the corner of every street.
2 The precious sons of Zion were weighed with fine gold.
O how they are regarded as clay jars, the work of potter’s hands!
3 Even the jackals offer the breast; they nurse their cubs.
The daughter of my people are fierce like the ostriches in the wilderness.
4 The tongue of the nursing baby sticks to the roof of his mouth with thirst.
The children ask those dispersing for food; there is none for them.
5 Those eating the finest food are desolate in the streets.
Those attended with scarlet cloth embrace piles of garbage.
6 The guilt of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom.
It was overthrown as a moment and no hands were wrung for her.
7 Her Nazarites were more pure than snow; they were more white than milk.
Their bones were more ruddy than coral; their parts were sapphire.
8 Blackness has darkened their form;
they are not recognized in the streets.
Their skin has shriveled on their bones;
it has become dry as wood.
9 Those slain by the sword were happier than those slain by hunger,
those who slowly wasted away from the piercing of the field’s produce.
10 The hands of compassionate women boiled their children;
they became for them a meal in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 Yahweh brought to completion his wrath; he poured out his fierce anger.
And he kindled a fire in Zion that consumed her foundations.
12 The kings of the earth did not believe,
nor any of the inhabitants of the world,
that the adversary and enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
13 The sins of her prophets were more than the iniquities of her priests;
they poured out in her midst the blood of the righteous.
14 They stumble blind in the streets.
They are defiled with blood.
There were none able to touch their clothes.
15 “Away! Unclean!” they shouted at them. “Away! Away! Do not touch!”
So they fled, even stumbling. They said among the nations, “They shall not prolong the sojourn.”
16 The face of Yahweh scattered them; he will not continue to watch over them.
The face of the priests will no longer rise up; the elders show no grace.
17 In our waiting, our eyes closed in vain for our helper.
In our watchtowers, we looked to the nations. He did not rescue.
18 They tracked our steps,
walking in our paths.
Our end drew near. Our days were fulfilled, for our end has come.
19 Our pursuers became more swift than eagles of heaven.
They set us ablaze on the mountains; they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
20 A breath of our nostrils, Yahweh’s anointed was captured in their pits;
of whom we said, “In his shadow, we will live among the nations.”
21 Rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom,
who dwells in the land of Uz.
Against you also the cup will pass;
you will be drunk and go about naked.
22 O Daughter of Zion, your guilt will finish;
he will not extend your exile.
He will visit your guilt, O Daughter of Edom;
he will uncover your sins.