예레미야애가 4장 NASB

1. ¹ How dark the gold has become How the pure gold has changed! The sacred stones are poured out At the corner of every street.
2. ² The precious sons of Zion Weighed against fine gold How they are regarded as earthen jars The work of a potter's hands!
3. ³ Even jackals offer the breast They nurse their young; But the daughter of my people has become cruel Like ostriches in the wilderness.
4. ⁴ The tongue of the infant cleaves To the roof of its mouth because of thirst; The little ones ask for bread But no one breaks it for them.
5. ⁵ Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those reared in purple Embrace ash pits.
6. ⁶ For the iniquity of the daughter of my people Is greater than the sin of Sodom Which was overthrown as in a moment And no hands were turned toward her.
7. ⁷ Her consecrated ones were purer than snow They were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than corals Their polishing was like lapis lazuli.
8. ⁸ Their appearance is blacker than soot They are not recognized in the streets; Their skin is shriveled on their bones It is withered it has become like wood.
9. ⁹ Better are those slain with the sword Than those slain with hunger; For they pine away being stricken For lack of the fruits of the field.
10. ¹⁰ The hands of compassionate women Boiled their own children; They became food for them Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11. ¹¹ The LORD has accomplished His wrath He has poured out His fierce anger; And He has kindled a fire in Zion Which has consumed its foundations.
12. ¹² The kings of the earth did not believe Nor did any of the inhabitants of the world That the adversary and the enemy Could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
13. ¹³ Because of the sins of her prophets And the iniquities of her priests Who have shed in her midst The blood of the righteous;
14. ¹⁴ They wandered blind in the streets; They were defiled with blood So that no one could touch their garments.
15. ¹⁵ "Depart! Unclean!" they cried of themselves. "Depart depart do not touch!" So they fled and wandered; Men among the nations said "They shall not continue to dwell with us."
16. ¹⁶ The presence of the LORD has scattered them He will not continue to regard them; They did not honor the priests They did not favor the elders.
17. ¹⁷ Yet our eyes failed Looking for help was useless; In our watching we have watched For a nation that could not save.
18. ¹⁸ They hunted our steps So that we could not walk in our streets; Our end drew near Our days were finished For our end had come.
19. ¹⁹ Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the sky; They chased us on the mountains They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.
20. ²⁰ The breath of our nostrils the LORD'S anointed Was captured in their pits Of whom we had said "Under his shadow We shall live among the nations."
21. ²¹ Rejoice and be glad O daughter of Edom Who dwells in the land of Uz; But the cup will come around to you as well You will become drunk and make yourself naked.
22. ²² The punishment of your iniquity has been completed O daughter of Zion; He will exile you no longer. But He will punish your iniquity O daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins!