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\v 1 The gold has become completely tarnished; the purest gold has changed.
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\q The holy stones have been poured out at the head of every street.
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\v 2 The sons of Zion were precious, valued greater than pure gold.
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\q But now they are regarded as nothing but clay jars made by potter's hands.
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\v 3 Even the jackals reveal the breast to nurse their cubs, but
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\q the daughter of my people is as cruel as the ostrich in the desert.
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\v 4 The tongue of the nursing baby sticks to the roof of his mouth with thirst;
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\q children ask for bread, but there is nothing for them.
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\v 5 The ones who used to eat expensive food are now abandoned, starving in the streets;
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\q those who wore scarlet clothing are now on top of garbage heaps.
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\v 6 The iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom,
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\q who was overthrown in a moment, though no hands seized her.
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\v 7 Her leaders used to shine like snow and were as white as milk.
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\q Their bodies were more ruddy than coral; their form like sapphire.
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\v 8 Now darkness blackens their appearance, and they are unrecognizable in the streets,
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\q for their skin clings to their withered bones. It has become as dry as wood!
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\v 9 Those who have been killed by the sword are better off than those killed by hunger;
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\q they are better off than those who waste away, pierced by hunger for the lack of any crops from fields.
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\v 10 The hands of compassionate women boiled their own children!
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\q Their children became their food
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\q when my people were being destroyed.
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\v 11 Yahweh has satisfied his rage. He has poured out his burning anger; he has kindled a fire
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\q in Zion, and it has devoured her foundations.
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\v 12 Neither the kings of the earth nor any of the world's inhabitants would believe
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\q that an adversary and enemy could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
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\v 13 But they did, because of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests
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\q who have shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.
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\v 14 Those prophets and priests now wander like blind men in the streets. They are defiled by that blood
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\q so no one is able to even touch their clothes.
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\v 15 "Flee! Unclean," these prophets and priests cry out. "Flee, flee! Do not touch us!"
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\q So they wander to other lands, but even the Gentiles say, "They can no longer live here as foreigners."
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\v 16 Yahweh has scattered them from his presence; he does not look on them with favor any longer.
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\q No one receives the priests with any respect any more, and they show no concern for the elders.
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\v 17 Our eyes constantly failed to find even worthless help,
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\q though they eagerly watched for a nation that would not save us.
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\v 18 They hunted our steps going through our streets.
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\q Our end was near and our days were finished, for our end had come.
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\v 19 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles in the sky.
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\q They chased us to the mountains and lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
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\v 20 The breath in our nostrils, Yahweh's anointed one—our king, was captured in their pits;
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\q it was our king of whom we said, "We will live under his protection among the nations."
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\v 21 Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom living in the land of Uz,
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\q for the cup will also pass to you. You will become drunk and strip yourself naked.
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\v 22 Daughter of Zion, the punishment for your iniquity has come to an end. He will no longer keep you in exile.
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\q But daughter of Edom, he will punish your sins and uncover your wickedness.
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