{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/lamentations/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T04:53:16.817Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Lamentations","bookSlug":"lamentations","chapter":4,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":5,"totalChapters":5,"totalVerses":22},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: The daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: They that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid upon her."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: Their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Jehovah hath accomplished his wrath, he hath poured out his fierce anger; And he hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured the foundations thereof."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The kings of the earth believed not, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"It is because of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Depart ye, they cried unto them, Unclean! depart, depart, touch not! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn here ."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The anger of Jehovah hath scattered them; he will no more regard them: They respected not the persons of the priests, they favored not the elders."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"They hunt our steps, so that we cannot go in our streets: Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens: They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz: The cup shall pass through unto thee also; thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: He will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will uncover thy sins."}],"citation":{"inline":"Lamentations 4 (ASV)","markdown":"[Lamentations 4](https://primebible.com/asv/lamentations/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/lamentations/4 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}