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Those who ate (A)delicacies
Are desolate in the streets;
Those [a]reared in crimson
Embrace ash pits.

Vav

So the [b]iniquity of the daughter of my people
Is greater than the [c](B)sin of Sodom,
Which was (C)overthrown as in a moment,
And no hands [d]whirled toward her.

Zayin

Her [e]Nazirites were (D)purer than snow;
They were whiter than milk;
They were more ruddy in [f]body than corals,
Their polishing was like [g](E)lapis lazuli.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 4:5 Lit established in crimson
  2. Lamentations 4:6 Or punishment for iniquity
  3. Lamentations 4:6 Or punishment for sin
  4. Lamentations 4:6 Or wrung over her
  5. Lamentations 4:7 Or dedicated ones
  6. Lamentations 4:7 Lit bones
  7. Lamentations 4:7 Heb sappir