October 24 Lamentations 4 Old Testament for the Daily Video Bible DVB
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Date: 2013-10-24

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Lamentations 4:1-18 - The Prophet Speaks:
א (Alef)
4:1 Alas! Gold has lost its luster;
pure gold loses value.
Jewels are scattered
on every street corner.
ב (Bet)
4:2 The precious sons of Zion 
were worth their weight in gold -- 
Alas! -- but now they are treated like broken clay pots,
made by a potter.
ג (Gimel)
4:3 Even the jackals nurse their young
at their breast,
but my people are cruel,
like ostriches in the desert.
ד (Dalet)
4:4 The infant's tongue sticks 
to the roof of its mouth due to thirst; 
little children beg for bread,
but no one gives them even a morsel.
ה (He)
4:5 Those who once feasted on delicacies
are now starving to death in the streets.
Those who grew up wearing expensive clothes
are now dying amid garbage.
ו (Vav)
4:6 The punishment of my people
exceeded that of of Sodom,
which was overthrown in a moment
with no one to help her. 

ז (Zayin)
4:7 Her consecrated ones were brighter than snow,
whiter than milk;
their bodies more ruddy than corals,
their hair like lapis lazuli.
ח (Khet)
4:8 Now their appearance is darker than soot;
they are not recognized in the streets.
Their skin has shriveled on their bones;
it is dried up, like tree bark.
ט (Tet)
4:9 Those who died by the sword are better off
than those who die of hunger,
those who waste away,
struck down from lack of food.
י (Yod)
4:10 The hands of tenderhearted women
cooked their own children,
who became their food,
when my people were destroyed.
כ (Kaf)
4:11 The LORD fully vented his wrath;
he poured out his fierce anger.
He started a fire in Zion;
it consumed her foundations.
ל (Lamed)
4:12 Neither the kings of the earth
nor the people of the lands ever thought
that enemy or foe would enter
the gates of Jerusalem.
מ (Mem)
4:13 But it happened due to the sins of her prophets
and the iniquities of her priests,
who poured out in her midst
the blood of the righteous.
נ (Nun)
4:14 They wander blindly through the streets,
defiled by the blood they shed,
while no one dares
to touch their garments.
ס (Samek)
4:15 People cry to them, "Turn away! You are unclean! 
Turn away! Turn away! Don't touch us!"
So they have fled and wander about;
but the nations say, "They may not stay here any longer."
פ (Pe)
4:16 The LORD himself has scattered them;
he no longer watches over them.
They did not honor the priests;
they did not show favor to the elders.
The People of Jerusalem Lament:
ע (Ayin)
4:17 Our eyes continually failed us
as we looked in vain for help.
From our watchtowers we watched 
for a nation that could not rescue us.
צ (Tsade)
4:18 Our enemies hunted us down at every step
so that we could not walk about in our streets.
Our end drew near, our days were numbered,
for our end had come!

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