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Lamentations 4:5
Those who once ate fine foods are now starving in the streets. People who grew up wearing nice clothes now pick through trash piles.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Those who used to eat delicaciesare destitute in the streets;those who were reared in purple garmentshuddle in trash heaps.
Those who used to eat delicaciesare destitute in the streets;those who were reared in purple garmentshuddle in trash heaps.
Hebrew Names Version
Those who did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
Those who did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
King James Version
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
English Standard Version
Those who once feasted on delicacies perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple embrace ash heaps.
Those who once feasted on delicacies perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple embrace ash heaps.
New American Standard Bible
Those who used to eat delicacies Are made to tremble in the streets; Those who were raised in crimson clothing Embrace garbage heaps.
Those who used to eat delicacies Are made to tremble in the streets; Those who were raised in crimson clothing Embrace garbage heaps.
Amplified Bible
Those who feasted on delicacies Are perishing in the streets; Those reared in purple [as nobles] Embrace ash heaps.
Those who feasted on delicacies Are perishing in the streets; Those reared in purple [as nobles] Embrace ash heaps.
World English Bible
Those who did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
Those who did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
Geneva Bible (1587)
They that did feede delicately, perish in the streetes: they that were brought vp in skarlet, embrace the dongue.
They that did feede delicately, perish in the streetes: they that were brought vp in skarlet, embrace the dongue.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those reared in purple Embrace ash pits.
Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those reared in purple Embrace ash pits.
Legacy Standard Bible
Those who ate delicaciesAre desolate in the streets;Those reared in crimsonEmbrace ash pits.
Those who ate delicaciesAre desolate in the streets;Those reared in crimsonEmbrace ash pits.
Berean Standard Bible
Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in purple huddle in ash heaps.
Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in purple huddle in ash heaps.
Contemporary English Version
All who ate expensive foods lie starving in the streets; those who grew up in luxury now sit on trash heaps.
All who ate expensive foods lie starving in the streets; those who grew up in luxury now sit on trash heaps.
Complete Jewish Bible
People who once ate only the best lie dying in the streets; those who were raised wearing purple are clawing at piles of garbage.
People who once ate only the best lie dying in the streets; those who were raised wearing purple are clawing at piles of garbage.
Darby Translation
They that fed delicately are desolate in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dung-hills.
They that fed delicately are desolate in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dung-hills.
Easy-to-Read Version
Those who ate rich food are now dying in the streets. Those who grew up wearing nice red clothes now pick through garbage piles.
Those who ate rich food are now dying in the streets. Those who grew up wearing nice red clothes now pick through garbage piles.
George Lamsa Translation
Those that fed on delicacies are destitute in the streets; those who were reared in scarlet sleep in dunghills.
Those that fed on delicacies are destitute in the streets; those who were reared in scarlet sleep in dunghills.
Good News Translation
People who once ate the finest foods die starving in the streets; those raised in luxury are pawing through garbage for food.
People who once ate the finest foods die starving in the streets; those raised in luxury are pawing through garbage for food.
Lexham English Bible
The ones who eat delicacies, they are ruined in the streets; the ones nurtured in purple lie on piles of trash.
The ones who eat delicacies, they are ruined in the streets; the ones nurtured in purple lie on piles of trash.
Literal Translation
Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets; those reared on scarlet embrace dunghills.
Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets; those reared on scarlet embrace dunghills.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They that were wonte to fayre delicatly, perishe in the stretes: they that afore were brought vp in purple, make now moch of donge.
They that were wonte to fayre delicatly, perishe in the stretes: they that afore were brought vp in purple, make now moch of donge.
American Standard Version
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: They that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: They that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
Bible in Basic English
Those who were used to feasting on delicate food are wasted in the streets: those who as children were dressed in purple are stretched out on the dust.
Those who were used to feasting on delicate food are wasted in the streets: those who as children were dressed in purple are stretched out on the dust.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
They that did feed on dainties are desolate in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
They that did feed on dainties are desolate in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
King James Version (1611)
They that did feede delicatly, are desolate in the streetes: they that were brought vp in scarlet, embrace dounghilles.
They that did feede delicatly, are desolate in the streetes: they that were brought vp in scarlet, embrace dounghilles.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
They that were wont to fare delicatelye perishe in the streetes: they that afore were brought vp in purple, make nowe muche of doung.
They that were wont to fare delicatelye perishe in the streetes: they that afore were brought vp in purple, make nowe muche of doung.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
HE. They that feed on dainties are desolate in the streets: they that used to be nursed in scarlet have clothed themselves with dung.
HE. They that feed on dainties are desolate in the streets: they that used to be nursed in scarlet have clothed themselves with dung.
English Revised Version
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dung-hills.
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dung-hills.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He. Thei that eeten lustfuli, perischiden in weies; thei that weren nurschid in cradels, biclippiden toordis.
He. Thei that eeten lustfuli, perischiden in weies; thei that weren nurschid in cradels, biclippiden toordis.
Update Bible Version
Those that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: Those that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
Those that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: Those that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
Webster's Bible Translation
They that fed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
They that fed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
New English Translation
ה (He)
Those 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.New King James Version
Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those who were brought up in scarlet Embrace ash heaps.
Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those who were brought up in scarlet Embrace ash heaps.
New Living Translation
The people who once ate the richest foods now beg in the streets for anything they can get. Those who once wore the finest clothes now search the garbage dumps for food.
The people who once ate the richest foods now beg in the streets for anything they can get. Those who once wore the finest clothes now search the garbage dumps for food.
New Life Bible
Those who ate fine foods are dying in the streets. Those who were brought up dressed in purple now lie in ashes.
Those who ate fine foods are dying in the streets. Those who were brought up dressed in purple now lie in ashes.
New Revised Standard
Those who feasted on delicacies perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple cling to ash heaps.
Those who feasted on delicacies perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple cling to ash heaps.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
They who used to eat delicacies, are deserted in the streets, - They who used to be carried on crimson, have embraced heaps of refuse.
They who used to eat delicacies, are deserted in the streets, - They who used to be carried on crimson, have embraced heaps of refuse.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He. They that were fed delicately have died in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet have embraced the dung.
He. They that were fed delicately have died in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet have embraced the dung.
Revised Standard Version
Those who feasted on dainties perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple lie on ash heaps.
Those who feasted on dainties perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple lie on ash heaps.
Young's Literal Translation
Those eating of dainties have been desolate in out-places, Those supported on scarlet have embraced dunghills.
Those eating of dainties have been desolate in out-places, Those supported on scarlet have embraced dunghills.
THE MESSAGE
People used to the finest cuisine forage for food in the streets. People used to the latest in fashions pick through the trash for something to wear.
People used to the finest cuisine forage for food in the streets. People used to the latest in fashions pick through the trash for something to wear.
Contextual Overview
1 See how the gold has lost its shine, how the pure gold has dulled! The stones of the Temple are scattered at every street corner. 2 The precious people of Jerusalem were more valuable than gold, but now they are thought of as clay jars made by the hands of a potter. 3 Even wild dogs give their milk to feed their young, but my people are cruel like ostriches in the desert. 4 The babies are so thirsty their tongues stick to the roofs of their mouths. Children beg for bread, but no one gives them any. 5 Those who once ate fine foods are now starving in the streets. People who grew up wearing nice clothes now pick through trash piles. 6 My people have been punished more than Sodom was. Sodom was destroyed suddenly, and no hands reached out to help her. 7 Our princes were purer than snow, and whiter than milk. Their bodies were redder than rubies; they looked like sapphires. 8 But now they are blacker than coal, and no one recognizes them in the streets. Their skin hangs on their bones; it is as dry as wood. 9 Those who were killed in the war were better off than those killed by hunger. They starve in pain and die, because there is no food from the field. 10 With their own hands kind women cook their own children. They became food when my people were destroyed.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
that did: Deuteronomy 28:54-56, Isaiah 3:16-26, Isaiah 24:6-12, Isaiah 32:9-14, Jeremiah 6:2, Jeremiah 6:3, Amos 6:3-7, Luke 7:25, 1 Timothy 5:6, Revelation 18:7-9
brought: 2 Samuel 1:24, Proverbs 31:21, Luke 16:19
embrace: Job 24:8, Jeremiah 9:21, Jeremiah 9:22, Luke 15:16
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 18:27 - eat Psalms 44:25 - General Psalms 59:15 - for meat Isaiah 5:13 - honourable men are famished Isaiah 8:21 - hardly bestead Isaiah 47:1 - thou shalt Jeremiah 37:21 - until Lamentations 2:10 - elders Micah 1:16 - thy delicate Revelation 18:3 - her delicacies
Cross-References
Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.
Genesis 4:11
And now you will be cursed in your work with the ground, the same ground where your brother's blood fell and where your hands killed him.
And now you will be cursed in your work with the ground, the same ground where your brother's blood fell and where your hands killed him.
Genesis 31:2
Then Jacob noticed that Laban was not as friendly as he had been before.
Then Jacob noticed that Laban was not as friendly as he had been before.
Genesis 31:5
He said to them, "I have seen that your father is not as friendly with me as he used to be, but the God of my father has been with me.
He said to them, "I have seen that your father is not as friendly with me as he used to be, but the God of my father has been with me.
Numbers 16:15
Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord , "Don't accept their gifts. I have not taken anything from them, not even a donkey, and I have not done wrong to any of them."
Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord , "Don't accept their gifts. I have not taken anything from them, not even a donkey, and I have not done wrong to any of them."
Job 5:2
Anger kills the fool, and jealousy slays the stupid.
Anger kills the fool, and jealousy slays the stupid.
Psalms 20:3
May he remember all your offerings and accept all your sacrifices. Selah
May he remember all your offerings and accept all your sacrifices. Selah
Matthew 20:15
I can do what I want with my own money. Are you jealous because I am good to those people?'
I can do what I want with my own money. Are you jealous because I am good to those people?'
Acts 13:45
Seeing the crowd, the Jewish people became very jealous and said insulting things and argued against what Paul said.
Seeing the crowd, the Jewish people became very jealous and said insulting things and argued against what Paul said.
Hebrews 11:4
It was by faith that Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. God said he was pleased with the gifts Abel offered and called Abel a good man because of his faith. Abel died, but through his faith he is still speaking.
It was by faith that Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. God said he was pleased with the gifts Abel offered and called Abel a good man because of his faith. Abel died, but through his faith he is still speaking.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets,.... That were brought up in the king's palace, or in the houses of noblemen; or, however, born of parents rich and wealthy, and had been used to good living, and had fared sumptuously and deliciously every day, were now wandering about in the streets in the most forlorn and distressed condition, seeking for food of any sort, but could find none to satisfy their hunger; and so, as the Vulgate Latin version renders it, perished in the ways or streets:
they that were brought up in scarlet: in dyed garments, as Jarchi; clothed with scarlet coloured ones, as was the manner of the richer and better sort of people, Proverbs 31:21; or, "brought up upon scarlet" o; upon scarlet carpets, on which they used to sit and eat their food, as is the custom of the eastern people to this day: these
embrace dunghills, are glad of them, and with the greatest eagerness rake into them, in order to find something to feed upon, though ever so base and vile; or to sit and lie down upon. Aben Ezra interprets it of their being cast here when dead, and there was none to bury them.
o עלי תולע "super coccinum", Pagninus, Montanus; "super coccino", Piscator, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They that were brought up in scarlet - literally, “those that were carried upon scarlet;” young children in arms and of the highest birth now lie on the dirt-heaps of the city.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Lamentations 4:5. Embrace dunghills. — Lie on straw or rubbish, instead of the costly carpets and sofas on which they formerly stretched themselves.
