1ALEPH How the gold has become dim! How the most pure gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.

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

2The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How they are regarded as clay jars, the work of the hands of the potter!

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

3Even the jackals offer the breast, they nurse their young ones, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

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

4The nursing infant's tongue sticks to the roof of his mouth for thirst. The young children ask for bread, but no one gives to them.

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

5Those who ate delicacies are destitute in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace ash heaps.

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

6For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant, and no hands were laid on her.

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

7Her consecrated ones were purer than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies more ruddy than rubies, their appearance was like lapis lazuli.

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

8They appear darker than soot; they are not known in the streets. Their skin cleaves to their bones; it is withered and has become as dry as a stick.

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

9Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; those who waste away, pierced through, for lack of the fruits of the field.

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

10The hands of the compassionate women have cooked their own children; they were their food 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

11The Lord has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger; he has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.

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

12The kings of the earth did not believe, neither all the inhabitants of the world, that the adversary or the enemy would enter into 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

13It is because of 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

14They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, so that men can't touch their garments.

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

15"Turn away!" they cried to them, "Unclean! depart, depart, do not touch!" When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, "They shall not live here anymore."

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

16The Lord himself has scattered them; he will no more regard them. They did not respect the priests, they did not favor the elders.

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

17Our eyes still fail, looking in vain for our help. In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

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

18They hunt our steps, so that we can't go in our streets. Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end has come.

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

19Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky. They chased us on 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

20The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, "Under his shadow we can live among the nations."

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

21Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, that dwell in the land of Uz. The cup shall pass through to you also; you will get drunk, and shall make yourself naked.

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

22The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion; he will no more carry you away into captivity. He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom; he will uncover your sins.

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