Verse 8
Lamentations 4:8
World Messianic Bible
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Their appearance is blacker than a coal.
They are not known in the streets.
Their skin clings to their bones.
It is withered.
It has become like a stick.
Original Language Text
hebrew
חָשַׁ֤ךְ מִ/שְּׁחוֹר֙ תָּֽאֳרָ֔/ם לֹ֥א נִכְּר֖וּ בַּ/חוּצ֑וֹת צָפַ֤ד עוֹרָ/ם֙ עַל עַצְמָ֔/ם יָבֵ֖שׁ הָיָ֥ה כָ/עֵֽץ
English Translation
The skin became darkened; they were not recognized in the streets; their skin was like dried wood upon their bones.
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Chapter 4 Context
1
How the gold has become dim!
The most pure gold has changed!
The stones of the sanctuary are poured...
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2
The precious sons of Zion,
comparable to fine gold,
how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers,
the w...
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3
Even the jackals offer their breast.
They nurse their young ones.
But the daughter of my people has...
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4
The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst.
The young children ask b...
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5
Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets.
Those who were brought up in purple embrace du...
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6
For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom,
which was overthrown...
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7
Her nobles were purer than snow.
They were whiter than milk.
They were more ruddy in body than rubie...
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8
Their appearance is blacker than a coal.
They are not known in the streets.
Their skin clings to the...
9
Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger;
For these pine...
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10
The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children.
They were their food in the destructi...
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11
Yahweh has accomplished his wrath.
He has poured out his fierce anger.
He has kindled a fire in Zion...
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12
The kings of the earth didn’t believe,
neither did all the inhabitants of the world,
that the advers...
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13
It is because of the sins of her prophets
and the iniquities of her priests,
That have shed the bloo...
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14
They wander as blind men in the streets.
They are polluted with blood,
So that men can’t touch their...
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15
“Go away!” they cried to them.
“Unclean! Go away! Go away! Don’t touch!
When they fled away and wand...
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16
Yahweh’s anger has scattered them.
He will not pay attention to them any more.
They didn’t respect t...
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17
Our eyes still fail,
looking in vain for our help.
In our watching we have watched for a nation that...
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18
They hunt our steps,
so that we can’t go in our streets.
Our end is near.
Our days are fulfilled,
fo...
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19
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky.
They chased us on the mountains.
They set an a...
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20
The breath of our nostrils,
the anointed of Yahweh,
was taken in their pits;
of whom we said,
under...
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21
Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom,
that dwells in the land of Uz.
The cup will pass through to y...
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22
The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion.
He will no more carry you away in...
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