Lamentations 4:4-6

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The ^(A)tongue of the infant cleaves
To the roof of its mouth because of ^(B)thirst;
The little ones ^(C)ask for bread,
But no one breaks it for them.

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Those who ate ^(D)delicacies
Are desolate in the streets;
Those ^(a)reared in purple
Embrace ash pits.

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For the ^(b)iniquity of the daughter of my people
Is greater than the ^(c)^(E)sin of Sodom,
Which was ^(F)overthrown as in a moment,
And no hands were ^(d)turned toward her.

Footnotes:

a. Lamentations 4:5: ['Lit ', established in crimson]

b. Lamentations 4:6: ['Or ', punishment for iniquity]

c. Lamentations 4:6: ['Or ', punishment for sin]

d. Lamentations 4:6: ['Or ', wrung over her]

Cross references:

A. Lamentations 4:4: Psalm 22:15

B. Lamentations 4:4: Jeremiah 14:3

C. Lamentations 4:4: Lamentations 2:12

D. Lamentations 4:5: Jeremiah 6:2; Amos 6:3-7

E. Lamentations 4:6: Genesis 19:24

F. Lamentations 4:6: Genesis 19:25; Jeremiah 20:16