Banchory Christian Fellowship Church

Lamentations 4 English Standard Version The Holy Stones Lie Scattered 4 How the gold has grown dim,     how the pure gold is changed! The holy stones lie scattered     at the head of every street. 2 The precious sons of Zion,     worth their weight in fine gold, how they are regarded as earthen pots,     the work of a potter's hands! 3 Even jackals offer the breast;     they nurse their young; but the daughter of my people has become cruel,     like the ostriches in the wilderness. 4 The tongue of the nursing infant sticks     to the roof of its mouth for thirst; the children beg for food,     but no one gives to them. 5 Those who once feasted on delicacies     perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple     embrace ash heaps. 6 For the chastisement[a] of the daughter of my people has been greater     than the punishment[b] of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment,     and no hands were wrung for her.[c] 7 Her princes were purer than snow,     whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy th