Lamentations 4:5

English Standard Version

⁵Those who once feasted on delicacies
perish in the streets;
^(A)those who were brought up in purple
embrace ash heaps.

Lamentations 4:5

New International Version

⁵Those who once ate delicacies
are destitute in the streets.
Those brought up in royal purple^(A)
now lie on ash heaps.^(B)

¹⁶^(A)The Lord himself^[a] has scattered them;
he will regard them no more;
^(B)no honor was shown to the priests,
^(C)no favor to the elders.

¹⁶The Lord himself has scattered them;
he no longer watches over them.^(A)
The priests are shown no honor,
the elders^(B) no favor.^(C)

English Standard Version (ESV)

New International Version (NIV)