1How the gold has become tarnished, the pure…
2How the precious sons of Zion, once worth…
3Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their…
4The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to…
5Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in…
6The punishment of the daughter of my people…
7Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than…
8But now their appearance is blacker than soot;…
9Those slain by the sword are better off…
10The hands of compassionate women have cooked their…
11The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has…
12The kings of the earth did not believe,…
13But this was for the sins of her…
14They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by…
15“Go away! Unclean!” men shouted at them. “Away,…
16The presence of the LORD has scattered them;…
17All the while our eyes were failing as…
18They stalked our every step, so that we…
19Those who chased us were swifter than the…
20The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life,…
21So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of…
22O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete;…
