1Aleph. How is the gold become dim, the finest colour is changed, the stones of the sanctuary are scattered in the top of every street?

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Ezekiel 7:19, Ezekiel 7:22, Ezekiel 7:19, Ezekiel 7:22, Lamentations 2:19

2Beth. The noble sons of Sion, and they that were clothed with the best gold: how are they esteemed as earthen vessels, the work of the potter's hands?

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Isaiah 30:14, Isaiah 30:14, Jeremiah 19:11, Romans 9:21, Romans 9:23

3Ghimel. Even the sea monsters have drawn out the breast, they have given suck to their young: the daughter of my people is cruel, like the ostrich in the desert.

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Ezekiel 5:10, Ezekiel 5:10, Luke 23:28, Luke 23:29, Lamentations 2:20

4Daleth. The tongue of the sucking child hath stuck to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the little ones have asked for bread, and there was none to break it unto them.

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Psalms 22:15, Psalms 22:15, Lamentations 2:11, Lamentations 2:12, Lamentations 2:11

5He. They that were fed delicately have died in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet have embraced the dung.

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Amos 6:3, Amos 6:7, Luke 16:19, Luke 15:16, Amos 6:3

6Vau. And the iniquity of the daughter of my people is made greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, and hands took nothing in her.

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Genesis 19:25, Genesis 19:25, Luke 10:12, Luke 10:12, Luke 12:47

7Zain. Her Nazarites were whiter than snow, purer than milk, more ruddy than the old ivory, fairer than the sapphire.

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Psalms 51:7, Psalms 51:7, Song of Solomon 5:10, Song of Solomon 5:10, Psalms 144:12

8Heth. Their face is now made blacker than coals, and they are not known in the streets: their skin hath stuck to their bones, it is withered, and is become like wood.

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Psalms 102:3, Psalms 102:5, Lamentations 5:10, Job 30:30, Psalms 102:3

9Teth. It was better with them that were slain by the sword, than with them that died with hunger: for these pined away being consumed for want of the fruits of the earth.

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Ezekiel 24:23, Leviticus 26:39, Ezekiel 24:23, Leviticus 26:39, Ezekiel 33:10

10Jod. The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

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Lamentations 2:20, 2 Kings 6:26, 2 Kings 6:29, Isaiah 49:15, Lamentations 2:20

11Caph. The Lord hath accomplished his wrath, he hath poured out his fierce anger: and he hath kindled a fire in Sion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.

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Jeremiah 7:20, Ezekiel 22:31, Jeremiah 7:20, Ezekiel 22:31, Jeremiah 17:27

12Lamed. The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world would not have believed, that the adversary and the enemy should enter in by the gates of Jerusalem.

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Deuteronomy 29:24, Deuteronomy 29:28, Jeremiah 21:13, 1 Kings 9:8, 1 Kings 9:9

13Mem. For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.

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Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 6:13, Jeremiah 6:13, Jeremiah 26:8

14Nun. They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they were defiled with blood: and when they could not help walking in it, they held up their skirts.

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Jeremiah 2:34, Jeremiah 2:34, Deuteronomy 28:28, Deuteronomy 28:29, Isaiah 56:10

15Samech. Depart you that are defiled, they cried out to them: Depart, get ye hence, touch not: for they quarrelled, and being removed, they said among the Gentiles: He will no more dwell among them.

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Leviticus 13:45, Leviticus 13:46, Leviticus 13:45, Leviticus 13:46

16Phe. The face of the Lord hath divided them, he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, neither had they pity on the ancient.

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Lamentations 5:12, Isaiah 9:14, Isaiah 9:16, Lamentations 5:12, Isaiah 9:14

17Ain. While we were yet standing, our eyes failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked attentively towards a nation that was not able to save.

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Ezekiel 29:16, Ezekiel 29:16, 2 Kings 24:7, Isaiah 20:5, 2 Kings 24:7

18Sade. Our steps have slipped in the way of our streets, our end draweth near: our days are fulfilled, for our end is come.

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Amos 8:2, Amos 8:2, Ezekiel 7:2, Ezekiel 7:12, Ezekiel 7:2

19Coph. Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the air: they pursued us upon the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

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Jeremiah 4:13, Habakkuk 1:8, Jeremiah 4:13, Habakkuk 1:8, Isaiah 5:26

20Res. The breath of our mouth, Christ the Lord, is taken in our sins: to whom we said: Under thy shadow we shall live among the Gentiles.

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Ezekiel 12:13, Genesis 2:7, 2 Samuel 19:21, Jeremiah 39:5, Ezekiel 12:13

21Sin. Rejoice, and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Hus: to thee also shall the cup come, thou shalt be made drunk, and naked.

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Job 1:1, Amos 1:11, Revelation 16:15, Job 1:1, Amos 1:11

22Thau. Thy iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Sion, he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he hath visited thy iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he hath discovered thy sins.

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Isaiah 40:2, Isaiah 40:2, Jeremiah 50:20, Psalms 137:7, Jeremiah 50:20