{"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/dbt/lamentations/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T23:35:57.543Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","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! the most pure gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary poured out at the top of all the streets!"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The sons of Zion, so precious, 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 offer the breast, they give suck to their young; 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, no man breaketh it unto them."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"They that fed delicately are desolate in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dung-hills."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the reward of the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were violently laid upon her."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Her Nazarites were purer than snow, whiter than milk; they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their figure was as sapphire."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Their visage is darker than blackness, 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":"The slain with the sword are happier than the slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The hands of pitiful women have boiled their own children: they were their meat in the ruin of the daughter of my people."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Jehovah hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath consumed the foundations thereof."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should enter into the gates of Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"It is for the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the righteous in the midst of her."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"They wandered about blind in the streets; they were polluted with blood, so that men could not touch their garments."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"They cried unto them, Depart! Unclean! Depart! depart, touch not! When they fled away, and wandered about, it was said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn there."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The face of Jehovah hath divided them; he will no more regard them. They respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the aged."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Our eyes still failed for our vain help; in our watching, we have watched for a nation that did not save."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"They hunted our steps, that we could not 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 hotly 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, daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz: the cup shall pass also unto thee; thou shalt be drunken, and 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 discover thy sins."}],"citation":{"inline":"Lamentations 4 (DBT)","markdown":"[Lamentations 4](https://primebible.com/dbt/lamentations/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/lamentations/4 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}