Lamentations

Lamentations 4 ©

1 The prophet bewaileth the wretched condition of Zion: 21 he threateneth Edom, and comforteth Zion.

1

HOW is athe gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the bstones of the sanctuary care poured out in the top of every street.

a 1Ki. 6.22. Mat. 23.16,17. ch. 5.18; 2.20. v.16.
b 2Ki. 25.9,10.
c Je. 52.13. Mat. 24.2. ch. 5.18; 2.19.
2

dThe precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine egold, how are they esteemed fas earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

d v.16. ch. 1.4; 2.10,20,21; 5.12. Je. 19.11; 22.28. Is. 30.14.
e 2Ti. 2.20.
f 2Co. 4.7.
3

Even the 1sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: gthe daughter of my people is become cruel, hlike the ostriches in the wilderness.

g v.4,10. ch. 2.20. Je. 19.9. Eze. 5.10. Le. 26.29. De. 28.53-57.
h Job 39.13-17. Ro. 1.31.
4

iThe tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and jno man breaketh it unto them.

i ch. 2.11,12; 1.11. Am. 8.11,12. Ps. 22.15; 137.6.
j De. 32.24.
5

They that did feed *delicately are kdesolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet lembrace dunghills.

k Am. 4.1. ch. 2.10-12. Je. 9.21,22. Is. 32.10.
l Job 24.8. Lu. 15.16. Je. 8.3; 9.22. Ps. 83.10.
6

For the 2punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people mis greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as nin a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

m Am. 3.2. Eze. 16.35-52. Da. 9.12. Lu. 12.47. Jn. 15.22.
n Ge. 19.25. 2Pe. 2.6. Jude 7.
7

Her 3Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:

8

oTheir *visage is 4blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: ptheir skin cleaveth to their bones; qit is withered, it is become like a stick.

o Na. 2.2. ch. 5.10. v.4. Job 30.27-30. Je. 14.2.
p Job 19.20. Ps. 102.5.
q Ps. 119.83; 22.15; 102.4,11.
9

They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these 5pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

10

rThe hands of the *pitiful women have *sodden their own children: they were their *meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

r Is. 49.15. 1Ki. 3.26. De. 28.53-57. 2Ki. 6.28,29. ch. 2.20. v.3. Eze. 5.10.
11

sThe LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.

s Je. 6.11; 9.9,11; 13.14; 14.16; 15.1-4; 17.4; 19.3-8; 21.4-7,14; 7.20. De. 32.22. Eze. 20.47,48.
12

The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have tbelieved that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

t De. 29.24-28. 1Ki. 9.8. Je. 22.8.
13

uFor the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that vhave shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,

u Zep. 3.3,4. Je. 5.31; 6.13; 23.11. Eze. 22.26,28. ch. 2.14. Is. 9.16.
v Mat. 23.31,37.
14

They have wwandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, 6so that xmen could not touch their garments.

w Is. 8.15; 59.10. Je. 2.34. Mat. 15.14. Na. 3.3.
x Nu. 19.16.
15

They cried unto them, Depart ye; 7it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, yThey shall no more *sojourn there.

y Mi. 3.6,7. De. 29.25-28. Je. 15.4; 17.4; 22.8,9. Ho. 9.3.
16

The 8anger of the LORD zhath divided them; he will no more regard them: athey respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.

a ch. 5.12,14; 2.9,10. 2Ki. 25.18-21. 2Ch. 36.17.
z Le. 26.33-39. De. 28.25,64-68. Je. 24.9; 15.4.
17

As for us, bour eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched cfor a nation that could not save us.

b Je. 4.14; 2.18,36; 8.20; 37.5-7; 22.20. Is. 20.5,6; 30.1-7; 31.1-3. Eze. 29.6,7,16.
c 2Ki. 24.7.
18

dThey hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: eour end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

d 2Ki. 25.4,5. Je. 16.16; 39.4,5; 52.7-9. Ps. 140.11.
e Eze. 7.2-12; 12.28. Am. 8.2. Je. 39.
19

Our persecutors are fswifter than the geagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the 9wilderness.

f De. 28.49. Je. 4.13; 52.8. Hab. 1.6-9. ch. 3.52. Ho. 8.1. Is. 5.26-28; 30.16,17. Am. 2.4.
g De. 28.49. Je. 4.13; 52.8.
20

The breath of our nostrils, hthe anointed of the LORD, iwas taken in their jpits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

h 1Sa. 26.19. Ps. 89.20,21.
i Eze. 12.13; 19.4,8. Je. 39.5; 52.8,9. 2Ki. 24.12-15; 25.5.
j Je. 39.5.
21

kRejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of lUz; mthe cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.

k Ec. 11.9. Ps. 137.7. Ob. 1.10. Je. 49.7; 25.26.
l Je. 25.20.
m Je. 25.15,16,21,27; 49.7-27. Eze. 25.12-14; 35. Ob. 1,10,15.
22

10The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, nO daughter of Zion; he owill no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will 11discover thy sins.

n Ps. 137.7.
o Is. 52.1; 54.9; 51.22; 60.18. Je. 31.40. Eze. 37.28.