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Lamentations 4:5

Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.

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ASV

They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: They that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

KJV

They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

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9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הָאֹֽכְלִים֙ha.'o.khe.Limthe [ones] eatingH398 →
לְמַ֣עֲדַנִּ֔יםle.Ma.'a.da.Nim<to> delicaciesH4574 →
נָשַׁ֖מּוּna.Sha.muthey are desolateH8074 →
בַּחוּצ֑וֹתba.chu.Tzotin the streetsH2351 →
הָאֱמֻנִים֙ha.'e.mu.Nimthe [ones] brought upH539 →
עֲלֵ֣י'a.LeionH5921 →
תוֹלָ֔עto.La'crimsonH8438 →
חִבְּק֖וּchi.be.Kuthey have embracedH2263 →
אַשְׁפַּתּֽוֹת׃ ס'ash.pa.Totash heapsH830 →

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Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.Luke 15:16He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.Amos 6:3–7You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.Proverbs 31:21When it snows, she has no fear for her household, for they are all clothed in scarlet.Isaiah 24:6–12Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.Luke 7:25Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear elegant clothing and live in luxury are found in palaces.1 Timothy 5:6But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.Deuteronomy 28:54–56The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,2 Samuel 1:24O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.Revelation 18:7–9As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’Revelation 18:3All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”Isaiah 47:1“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.Psalms 44:25For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.Jeremiah 6:2–3Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.Isaiah 32:9–14Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.Jeremiah 9:21–22For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.Isaiah 3:16–26The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—Lamentations 2:10The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

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People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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