American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. How is the gold[H2091] become dim[H6004]! how is the most[H2896] pure gold[H3800] changed[H8132]! The stones[H68] of the sanctuary[H6944] are poured out[H8210] at the head[H7218] of every street[H2351].

2. The precious[H3368] sons[H1121] of Zion[H6726], comparable[H5537] to fine gold[H6337], How are they esteemed[H2803] as earthen[H2789] pitchers[H5035], the work[H4639] of the hands[H3027] of the potter[H3335]!

3. Even the jackals[H8577] draw out[H2502] the breast[H7699], they give suck[H3243] to their young ones[H1482]: The daughter[H1323] of my people[H5971] is become cruel[H393], like the ostriches[H3283] in the wilderness[H4057].

4. The tongue[H3956] of the sucking child[H3243] cleaveth[H1692] to the roof of his mouth[H2441] for thirst[H6772]: The young children[H5768] ask[H7592] bread[H3899], and no man breaketh it unto them[H6566].

5. They that did feed[H398] delicately[H4574] are desolate[H8074] in the streets[H2351]: They that were brought up[H539] in scarlet[H8438] embrace[H2263] dunghills[H830].

6. For the iniquity[H5771] of the daughter[H1323] of my people[H5971] is greater[H1431] than the sin[H2403] of Sodom[H5467], That was overthrown[H2015] as in a moment[H7281], and no hands[H3027] were laid upon her[H2342].

7. Her nobles[H5139] were purer[H2141] than snow[H7950], they were whiter[H6705] than milk[H2461]; They were more ruddy[H119] in body[H6106] than rubies[H6443], their polishing[H1508] was as of sapphire[H5601].

8. Their visage[H8389] is blacker[H2821] than a coal[H7815]; They are not known[H5234] in the streets[H2351]: Their skin[H5785] cleaveth[H6821] to their bones[H6106]; it is withered[H3001], it is become like a stick[H6086].

9. They that are slain[H2491] with the sword[H2719] are better[H2896] than they that are slain[H2491] with hunger[H7458]; For these[H1992] pine away[H2100], stricken[H1856] through[H8570], for want of the fruits of the field[H7704].

10. The hands[H3027] of the pitiful[H7362] women[H802] have boiled[H1310] their own children[H3206]; They were their food[H1262] in the destruction[H7667] of the daughter[H1323] of my people[H5971].

11. Jehovah[H3068] hath accomplished[H3615] his wrath[H2534], he hath poured out[H8210] his fierce[H2740] anger[H639]; And he hath kindled[H3341] a fire[H784] in Zion[H6726], which hath devoured[H398] the foundations thereof[H3247].

12. The kings[H4428] of the earth[H776] believed[H539] not[H3427], neither all the inhabitants of the world[H8398], That the adversary[H6862] and the enemy[H341] would enter[H935] into the gates[H8179] of Jerusalem[H3389].

13. It is because of the sins[H2403] of her prophets[H5030], and the iniquities[H5771] of her priests[H3548], That have shed[H8210] the blood[H1818] of the just[H6662] in the midst of her[H7130].

14. They wander[H5128] as blind[H5787] men in the streets[H2351], they are polluted[H1351] with blood[H1818], So that men cannot[H3201, Obadiah8] touch[H5060] their garments[H3830].

15. Depart[H5493] ye[H7121], they cried unto them[H2931], Unclean! depart[H5493], depart[H5493], touch[H5060] not[H5132]! When they fled away and wandered[H5128], men said[H559] among the nations[H1471], They shall no more[H3254] sojourn here[H1481].

16. The anger[H6440] of Jehovah[H3068] hath scattered[H2505] them[H3254]; He will no more regard[H5027] them[H5375]: They respected not the persons[H6440] of the priests[H3548], they favored[H2603] not the elders[H2205].

17. Our eyes[H5869] do yet fail[H3615] in looking for our vain[H1892] help[H5833]: In our watching[H6836] we have watched[H6822] for a nation[H1471] that could not save[H3467].

18. They hunt[H6679] our steps[H6806], so that we cannot go[H3212] in our streets[H7339]: Our end[H7093] is near[H7126], our days[H3117] are fulfilled[H4390]; for our end[H7093] is come[H935].

19. Our pursuers[H7291] were swifter[H7031] than the eagles[H5404] of the heavens[H8064]: They chased[H1814] us upon the mountains[H2022], they laid wait[H693] for us in the wilderness[H4057].

20. The breath[H7307] of our nostrils[H639], the anointed[H4899] of Jehovah[H3068], was taken[H3920] in their pits[H7825]; Of whom we said[H559], Under his shadow[H6738] we shall live[H2421] among the nations[H1471].

21. Rejoice[H7797] and be glad[H8055], O daughter[H1323] of Edom[H123], that dwellest[H3427] in the land[H776] of Uz[H5780]: The cup[H3563] shall pass[H5674] through unto thee also[H7937]; thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked[H6168].

22. The punishment of thine iniquity[H5771] is accomplished[H8552], O daughter[H1323] of Zion[H6726]; He will no more[H3254] carry thee away into captivity[H1540]: He will visit[H6485] thine iniquity[H5771], O daughter[H1323] of Edom[H123]; he will uncover[H1540] thy sins[H2403].