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4 How dim the gold has become? The most fine gold has changed. The stones of the Sanctuary are scattered in the corner of every street.
2 The noble men of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how they are regarded as earthen pitchers, the work of the potter’s hands!
3 Even the dragons present their breasts to nurse their young; but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
4 The tongue of the infant child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst. The young children ask for bread, but no one breaks it for them.
5 Those who fed on delicacies perish in the streets. Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace the dung.
6 For the iniquity of the daughter of my people has become greater than the sin of Sodom, which was destroyed in a moment with no hand raised.
7 Her Nazirites were purer than the snow, whiter than milk. They were more ruddy in body than the red precious stones. They were polished sapphire.
8 Now, their visage is blacker than coal. They are unrecognizable in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones. It is withered, like a stick.
9 Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger. For they fade away, stricken through by the fruits of the field.
10 The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children, which were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 The LORD has accomplished His indignation. He has poured out His fierce wrath. He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.
12 The kings of the Earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy could have entered into the gates of Jerusalem,
13 because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the just in her midst.
14 They have wandered like blind men in the streets. And they were polluted with blood, so that they would not touch their garments.
15 They cried to them, “Depart, you polluted! Depart! Depart! Do not touch!” Therefore, they fled away and wandered. They have said among the heathen, “They shall no longer dwell there.”
16 The anger of the LORD has scattered them. He will no longer regard them. They did not respect the face of the Priest, nor have compassion on the elders.
17 While we waited in vain for help, our eyes failed. For in our waiting we looked for a nation that could not save us.
18 They hunt our steps, so that we cannot walk in our streets. Our end is near. Our days are fulfilled, for our end has come.
19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the sky. They pursued us upon the mountains and laid in wait for us in the wilderness.
20 The breath of our nostrils, the Anointed of the LORD, was taken in their nets, of whom we said, “Under his shadow we shall be preserved alive among the heathen.”
21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter Edom, who dwells in the land of Uz! The cup shall also pass through to you. You shall be drunk and vomit.
22 Your punishment is accomplished, O daughter Zion! He will no longer carry you away into captivity. He will visit your iniquity, O daughter Edom! He will discover your sins!
5 Remember, O LORD, what has come upon us. Consider, and behold our reproach.
2 Our inheritance has turned to strangers, our houses to the aliens.
3 We are orphans, without fathers. Our mothers are like widows.
4 We pay money for our drinking water. Our wood is sold to us.
5 Our necks are under persecution. We are weary and have no rest.
6 We have given our hands to the Egyptians, and to Assyria, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Our fathers have sinned, and are no more, but we have borne their iniquities.
8 Servants have ruled over us. No one would deliver us out of their hands.
9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
10 Our skin is black, like an oven, because of the terrible famine.
11 They defile the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
12 The princes were hung up by their hands. The faces of the elders were not respected.
13 They took the young men for the grindstone, and the children fell under the loads of wood.
14 The elders are gone from the gate, and the young men from their songs.
15 The joy of our heart has gone. Our dance has turned into mourning.
16 The crown of our head has fallen. Woe, now, to us! For we have sinned!
17 Therefore, our heart is heavy for these things. Our eyes are dim,
18 because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate. The foxes run upon it.
19 But You, O LORD, remain forever! Your throne is from generation to generation!
20 Why do You forget us forever, forsake us for such a long time?
21 Turn us to You, O LORD, and we shall be turned! Renew our days, as of old!
22 But You have utterly rejected us. You are exceedingly angry with us.
2 Therefore we ought to diligently pay attention to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we drift away.
2 For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense,
3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation (which at first began to be preached by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him;
4 God bearing witness to it both with signs and wonders, and with diverse miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to His own will)?
5 For He has not put the world to come (whereof we speak) in subjection to the angels.
6 But one in a certain place witnessed, saying, “What is man that You should be mindful of him; or the son of man that You would consider him?
7 “You made him a little inferior to the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor and have set him above the works of Your Hands.
8 “You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” And in that He has put all things in subjection under him, He left nothing that should not be subject to him. But we still do not see all things subjected to him.
9 But we see Jesus, who was made little inferior to the angels, crowned with glory and honor through the suffering of death. That by God’s grace He might taste death for everyone.
10 For it became Him for Whom all these things are - and by Whom all these things are (seeing that He brought many children to Glory) - that He should consecrate the Author of their salvation through afflictions.
11 For He Who sanctifies, and those who are sanctified, are all of One. Therefore, He is not ashamed to call them brothers,
12 saying, “I will declare Your Name to My brothers. In the midst of the Church I will sing praises to You.”
13 And again, “I will put My trust in Him.” And again, “Behold, here I am, and the children whom God has given Me.”
14 So then, as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he himself also took part with them, so that He might destroy (through death) him who had the power of death (namely, the Devil).
15 And that He might deliver all those who, for fear of death, were subject to bondage all their lifetime.
16 For He in no way took on the nature of angels, but He took on the seed of Abraham.
17 Therefore it was fitting for him to be made like his brothers in all things, so that He might be merciful, and a faithful High Priest in things concerning God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
18 For in that he suffered, and was tempted, He is able to help those who are tempted.
103 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me! Praise His Holy Name!
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits!
3 Who forgives all your iniquity and heals all your infirmities.
4 Who redeems your life from the grave and crowns you with mercy and compassions.
5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things; and your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 The LORD executes righteousness and judgment for all who are oppressed.
7 He made His ways known to Moses and His works to the children of Israel.
8 The LORD is full of compassion and mercy, slow to anger and of great kindness.
9 He will not always strive with us; nor will He keep His anger forever.
10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heaven is above the Earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him.
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our sins from us.
13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
14 For He knows whereof we are made. He remembers that we are dust.
15 The days of man are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 For the wind goes over it and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
17 But the lovingkindness of the LORD endures forever and ever upon those who fear Him, and His righteousness upon children’s children
18 to those who keep His Covenant and remember His Commandments, to do them.
19 The LORD has prepared His throne in Heaven, and His Kingdom rules over all.
20 Praise the LORD, His angels, who excel in strength! Who do His Commandment in obeying the voice of His word!
21 Praise the LORD, all His hosts; His servants who do His pleasure!
22 Praise the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion! My soul, praise the LORD!
23 As silver overlaid upon an earthen vessel are burning lips and an evil heart.
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