Lamentations 4:5
Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in purple huddle in ash heaps.
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Deuteronomy 28:54-56
The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived, . . .

Isaiah 3:16-26
The LORD says, "Because the daughters of Zion are haughty--walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles-- . . .

Isaiah 24:6-12
Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth's dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive. . . .

Isaiah 32:9-14
Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters. . . .

Jeremiah 6:2, 3
Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion. . . .

Amos 6:3-7
You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence. . . .

Luke 7:25
If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear elegant clothing and live in luxury are found in palaces.

1 Timothy 5:6
But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.

Revelation 18:7-9
As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, 'I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.' . . .

brought

2 Samuel 1:24
O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.

Proverbs 31:21
When it snows, she is not afraid for her household; for they are all clothed in scarlet.

Luke 16:19
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

embrace

Job 24:8
Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.

Jeremiah 9:21, 22
For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses, to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares. . . .

Luke 15:16
He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those reared in purple Embrace ash pits.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Those who used to eat delicacies are destitute in the streets; those who were reared in purple garments huddle in garbage heaps.

International Standard Version
Those who enjoyed delicacies lie desolate in the streets. Those who were reared wearing purple scavenge in piles of trash.

NET Bible
Those who once feasted on delicacies are now starving to death in the streets. Those who grew up wearing expensive clothes are now dying amid garbage.
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