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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

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

The punishment of my people
    is greater than that of Sodom,(C)
which was overthrown in a moment
    without a hand turned to help her.

Their princes were brighter than snow
    and whiter than milk,
their bodies more ruddy than rubies,
    their appearance like lapis lazuli.

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