Lamentations · אֵיכָה

Lamentations 4:5

הָאֹכְלִ֤ים לְמַעֲדַנִּים֙ נָשַׁ֣מּוּ בַחוּצ֔וֹת הָאֱמֻנִ֥ים עֲלֵ֖י תוֹלָ֑ע חִבְּק֖וּ אַשְׁפַּתּֽוֹת׃
haʾokliym lmaʿadaniym nashamv baḥvṣvot haʾemuniym ʿaley tvolaʿ ḥibqv ʾashpatvot
King James Version (KJV)

They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

Modern English

Those who once feasted on delicacies perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple embrace ash heaps.

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