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Lamentations 4

Lam. 4:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They that did feed
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
delicately
ma`adan (Hebrew #4574)
from 5727; a delicacy or (abstractly) pleasure (adverbially, cheerfully)
KJV usage: dainty, delicately, delight.
Pronounce: mah-ad-awn'
Origin: or (feminine) maadannah {mah-ad-an-naw'}
are desolate
shamem (Hebrew #8074)
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
KJV usage: make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.
Pronounce: shaw-mame'
Origin: a primitive root
in the streets
chuwts (Hebrew #2351)
(both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. outside, outdoors
KJV usage: abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.
Pronounce: khoots
Origin: or (shortened) chuts {khoots}
: they that were brought up
'aman (Hebrew #539)
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; once (Isa. 30:21; interchangeable with 541) to go to the right hand
KJV usage: hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, + fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
Pronounce: aw-man'
Origin: a primitive root
in scarlet
towla` (Hebrew #8438)
or towla ath {to-lah'-ath}; or tolaiath {to-lah'-ath}; from 3216; a maggot (as voracious); specifically (often with ellipsis of 8144) the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the color from it, and cloths dyed therewith
KJV usage: crimson, scarlet, worm.
Pronounce: to-law'
Origin: and (feminine) towleoah {to-lay-aw'}
embrace
chabaq (Hebrew #2263)
to clasp (the hands or in embrace)
KJV usage: embrace, fold.
Pronounce: khaw-bak'
Origin: a primitive root
dunghills
'ashpoth (Hebrew #830)
or (contraction) shphoth {shef-ohth'}; plural of a noun of the same form as 827, from 8192 (in the sense of scraping); a heap of rubbish or filth
KJV usage: dung (hill).
Pronounce: ash-pohth'
Origin: or uashpowth {ash-pohth'}
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Job 24:8• 8With the rain of mountains they are drenched,{HR}And, shelterless, they embrace a rock. (Job 24:8)

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Deut. 28:54‑56• 54{i}The eye of the man in thy midst that is tender and very luxurious shall be evil towards his brother, and the wife of his bosom, and the residue of his children which he hath left;{/i}
 55{i}so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children that he eateth, because he hath nothing left him in the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.{/i}
 56{i}The eye of the tender and luxurious woman in thy midst who would not attempt to set the sole of her foot upon the ground from luxuriousness and from tenderness, shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and her son, and her daughter,{/i} (Deut. 28:54‑56)
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Isa. 3:16‑26• 16And Jehovah saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks, and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
 17therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will discover their secret parts.
 18In that day the Lord will take away the ornament of anklets, and the networks, and the crescents,
 19the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
 20the head-tires, and the ankle-chains, and the sashes, and the perfume-boxes, and the amulets,
 21the rings, and the nose-jewels,
 22the festival-robes and the mantles, and the shawls, and the bags ,
 23the mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the flowing veils.
 24And it shall come to pass, instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty.
 25Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
 26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she, stripped , shall sit upon the ground. (Isa. 3:16‑26)
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Isa. 24:6‑12• 6Therefore doth the curse devour the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
 7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry hearted do sigh.
 8The mirth of tambours ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
 9They do not drink wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it.
 10The city of solitude is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man entereth in.
 11[There is] a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
 12In the city remaineth desolation, and the gate is smitten,—a ruin. (Isa. 24:6‑12)
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Isa. 32:9‑14• 9Rise up, ye women that are at ease, hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.
 10For days beyond a year shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.
 11Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird [sackcloth] on [your] loins.
 12They shall smite on the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
 13Upon the land of my people shall come up thistles [and] briars: yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
 14For the palace shall be deserted; the multitude of the city shall be forsaken; the hill and watch-tower shall be dens forever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; (Isa. 32:9‑14)
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Jer. 6:2‑3• 2{i}The comely and delicate one do I cut off, the daughter of Zion.{/i}
 3{i}Shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.{/i} (Jer. 6:2‑3)
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Amos 6:3‑7• 3Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
 4that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
 5that chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David;
 6that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
 7{i}Therefore shall they now go captive, with the first that go captive, and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away.{/i} (Amos 6:3‑7)
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Luke 7:25• 25{i}But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in delicate garments? Behold, those who are in splendid clothing and live luxuriously are in the courts of kings.{/i} (Luke 7:25)
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1 Tim. 5:6• 6But she that devoteth herself to pleasure is dead while living. (1 Tim. 5:6)
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Rev. 18:7‑9• 7How much she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and mourning give her. Because in her heart she saith, I sit a queen and am no widow and shall in no wise see mourning;
 8therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death and mourning and famine; and she shall be utterly burnt with fire: for strong {i}is{/i} the Lord God that judged her.
 9And the kings of the earth that committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her shall weep and wail on account of her, when they see the smoke of her burning, (Rev. 18:7‑9)
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2 Sam. 1:24• 24{i}Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,{HR}Who clothed you in scarlet with splendour,{HR}Who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel.{HR}{/i} (2 Sam. 1:24)
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Prov. 31:21• 21{i}She is not afraid of the snow for her household;{HR}For all her household are clothed with scarlet.{/i} (Prov. 31:21)
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Luke 16:19• 19Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day. (Luke 16:19)
embrace.
Job 24:8• 8With the rain of mountains they are drenched,{HR}And, shelterless, they embrace a rock. (Job 24:8)
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Jer. 9:21‑22• 21{i}For death is come up through our windows, is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from the street, the young men from the broadways.{/i}
 22{i}Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Yea, the carcasses of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the reaper, and there shall be none to gather{/i}. (Jer. 9:21‑22)
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Luke 15:16• 16And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave unto him. (Luke 15:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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They that fed delicately are desolate in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dung-hills.

W. Kelly Translation

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They that fed daintily perish in the streets;{HR}They who were brought up on scarlet embrace dunghills.