<vn='1'><sn="349">How</s> is the <sn="2091">gold</s> become <sn="6004">dim</s>! how is the <sn="2896">most</s> fine <sn="3800">gold</s><sn="8132">changed</s>! the <sn="68">stones</s> of the <sn="6944">sanctuary</s> are poured <sn="8210">out</s> in the <sn="7218">top</s> of <sn="3605">every</s><sn="2351">street</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>The <sn="3368">precious</s><sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="6726">Zion</s>, <sn="5537">comparable</s> to fine <sn="6337">gold</s>, <sn="349">how</s> are they <sn="2803">esteemed</s> as <sn="2789">earthen</s><sn="5035">pitchers</s>, the <sn="4639">work</s> of the <sn="3027">hands</s> of the <sn="3335">potter</s>! </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1571">Even</s> the sea <sn="8565">monsters</s> draw <sn="2502">out</s> the <sn="7699">breast</s>, they give <sn="3243">suck</s> to their young <sn="1482">ones</s>: the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of my <sn="5971">people</s> is become <sn="393">cruel</s>, like the <sn="3283">ostriches</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>The <sn="3956">tongue</s> of the sucking <sn="3243">child</s><sn="1692">cleaveth</s><sn="413">to</s> the roof of his <sn="2441">mouth</s> for <sn="6772">thirst</s>: the young <sn="5768">children</s><sn="7592">ask</s><sn="3899">bread</s>, and no <sn="369">man</s><sn="6566">breaketh</s> it unto them. </v>
<vn='5'>They that did <sn="398">feed</s><sn="4574">delicately</s> are <sn="8074">desolate</s> in the <sn="2351">streets</s>: they that were brought <sn="539">up</s><sn="5921">in</s><sn="8438">scarlet</s><sn="2263">embrace</s><sn="830">dunghills</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>For the punishment of the <sn="5771">iniquity</s> of the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of my <sn="5971">people</s> is <sn="1431">greater</s> than the punishment of the <sn="4480 2403">sin</s> of <sn="5467">Sodom</s>, that was <sn="2015">overthrown</s> as <sn="3644">in</s> a <sn="7281">moment</s>, and <sn="3808">no</s><sn="3027">hands</s><sn="2342">stayed</s> on her. </v>
<vn='7'>Her <sn="5139">Nazarites</s> were <sn="2141">purer</s> than <sn="4480 7950">snow</s>, they were <sn="6705">whiter</s> than <sn="4480 2461">milk</s>, they were more <sn="119">ruddy</s> in <sn="6106">body</s> than <sn="4480 6443">rubies</s>, their <sn="1508">polishing</s> was of <sn="5601">sapphire</s>: </v>
<vn='8'>Their <sn="8389">visage</s> is <sn="2821">blacker</s> than a <sn="4480 7815">coal</s>; they are <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5234">known</s> in the <sn="2351">streets</s>: their <sn="5785">skin</s><sn="6821">cleaveth</s><sn="5921">to</s> their <sn="6106">bones</s>; it is <sn="3001">withered</s>, it is <sn="1961">become</s> like a <sn="6086">stick</s>. </v>
<vn='9'> They that be <sn="2491">slain</s> with the <sn="2719">sword</s><sn="1961">are</s><sn="2896">better</s> than they that be <sn="4480 2491">slain</s> with <sn="7458">hunger</s>: for <sn="7945 1992">these</s> pine <sn="2100">away</s>, stricken <sn="1856">through</s> for want of the <sn="4480 8570">fruits</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>The <sn="3027">hands</s> of the <sn="7362">pitiful</s><sn="802">women</s> have <sn="1310">sodden</s> their own <sn="3206">children</s>: they <sn="1961">were</s> their <sn="1262">meat</s> in the <sn="7667">destruction</s> of the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of my <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="3615">accomplished</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="2534">fury</s>; he hath poured <sn="8210">out</s> his <sn="2740">fierce</s><sn="639">anger</s>, and hath <sn="3341">kindled</s> a <sn="784">fire</s> in <sn="6726">Zion</s>, and it hath <sn="398">devoured</s> the <sn="3247">foundations</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='12'>The <sn="4428">kings</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of the <sn="8398">world</s>, would <sn="3808">not</s> have <sn="539">believed</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="6862">adversary</s> and the <sn="341">enemy</s> should have <sn="935">entered</s> into the <sn="8179">gates</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>For the <sn="4480 2403">sins</s> of her <sn="5030">prophets</s>, and the <sn="5771">iniquities</s> of her <sn="3548">priests</s>, that have <sn="8210">shed</s> the <sn="1818">blood</s> of the <sn="6662">just</s> in the <sn="7130">midst</s> of her, </v>
<vn='14'>They have <sn="5128">wandered</s> as <sn="5787">blind</s> men in the <sn="2351">streets</s>, they have <sn="1351">polluted</s> themselves with <sn="1818">blood</s>, so that men <sn="3201">could</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="5060">touch</s> their <sn="3830">garments</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>They <sn="7121">cried</s> unto them, <sn="5493">Depart</s> ye; it is <sn="2931">unclean</s>; <sn="5493">depart</s>, <sn="5493">depart</s>, <sn="5060">touch</s><sn="408">not</s>: <sn="3588">when</s> they fled <sn="5132">away</s><sn="1571">and</s><sn="5128">wandered</s>, they <sn="559">said</s> among the <sn="1471">heathen</s>, They shall <sn="3808">no</s><sn="3254">more</s><sn="1481">sojourn</s> there. </v>
<vn='16'>The <sn="6440">anger</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="2505">divided</s> them; he will <sn="3808">no</s><sn="3254">more</s><sn="5027">regard</s> them: they <sn="5375">respected</s><sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="6440">persons</s> of the <sn="3548">priests</s>, they <sn="2603">favored</s><sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="2205">elders</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>As for us, our <sn="5869">eyes</s> as <sn="5750">yet</s><sn="3615">failed</s><sn="413">for</s> our <sn="1892">vain</s><sn="5833">help</s>: in our <sn="6836">watching</s> we have <sn="6822">watched</s><sn="413">for</s> a <sn="1471">nation</s> that could <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3467">save</s> us. </v>
<vn='18'>They <sn="6679">hunt</s> our <sn="6806">steps</s>, that we cannot <sn="4480 1980">go</s> in our <sn="7339">streets</s>: our <sn="7093">end</s> is <sn="7126">near</s>, our <sn="3117">days</s> are <sn="4390">fulfilled</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> our <sn="7093">end</s> is <sn="935">come</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>Our <sn="7291">persecutors</s><sn="1961">are</s><sn="7031">swifter</s> than the <sn="4480 5404">eagles</s> of the <sn="8064">heaven</s>: they <sn="1814">pursued</s> us <sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="2022">mountains</s>, they laid <sn="693">wait</s> for us in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>The <sn="7307">breath</s> of our <sn="639">nostrils</s>, the <sn="4899">anointed</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, was <sn="3920">taken</s> in their <sn="7825">pits</s>, of <sn="834">whom</s> we <sn="559">said</s>, Under his <sn="6738">shadow</s> we shall <sn="2421">live</s> among the <sn="1471">heathen</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="7797">Rejoice</s> and be <sn="8055">glad</s>, O <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="123">Edom</s>, that <sn="3427">dwellest</s> in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="5780">Uz</s>; the <sn="3563">cup</s><sn="1571">also</s> shall pass <sn="5674">through</s><sn="5921">unto</s> thee: thou shalt be <sn="7937">drunken</s>, and shalt make thyself <sn="6168">naked</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>The punishment of thine <sn="5771">iniquity</s> is <sn="8552">accomplished</s>, O <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="6726">Zion</s>; he will <sn="3808">no</s><sn="3254">more</s> carry thee away into <sn="1540">captivity</s>: he will <sn="6485">visit</s> thine <sn="5771">iniquity</s>, O <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="123">Edom</s>; he will <sn="1540 5921">discover</s> thy <sn="2403">sins</s>. </v>