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Lamentations 4:1-3
Contemporary English Version
Lamentations 4:1-3
Contemporary English Version
The Punishment of Jerusalem
The Prophet Speaks:
4 The purest gold is ruined
and has lost its shine;
jewels from the temple
lie scattered in the streets.
2 These are Zion's people,
worth more than purest gold;
yet they are counted worthless
like dishes of clay.
3 Even jackals[a] nurse their young,
but my people are like ostriches
that abandon their own.
Footnotes
- 4.3 jackals: Desert animals related to wolves, but smaller.
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