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Those who enjoyed delicacies
    lie desolate in the streets.
Those who were reared wearing purple
    scavenge in piles of trash.

The guilt of my cherished people surpasses the sin of Sodom,
    which was overthrown in a moment,
        without a hand to help her.

Her princes[a] were purer than snow,
    whiter than milk.
Their bodies were more ruddy[b] than rubies,
    their beards like the color of precious stones.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 4:7 Or Nazirites
  2. Lamentations 4:7 I.e. reddish brown skin color