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Lamentations 4:1 - Ezekiel 1:28

Summary Verses
4:1 Jeremiah laments over the fall of Jerusalem, how did the most fine gold become so dim. 5:1 Jeremiah prays for God to remember Jerusalem, his people and to restore the land of Israel. 1:1 Ezekiel's call to become a prophet of God. 1:3 Ezekiel was called while in the land of the Chaldeans near the river Chebar. 1:26 Ezekiel is given a vision of the throne of God.

Lamentations Chapter 4
4:1 How the gold has become dim How changed the fine gold The stones of the sanctuary are scattered At the head of every street.
4:2 The precious sons of Zion, Valuable as fine gold, How they are regarded as clay pots, The work of the hands of the potter
4:3 Even the jackals present their breasts To nurse their young; But the daughter of my people is cruel, Like ostriches in the wilderness.
4:4 The tongue of the infant clings To the roof of its mouth for thirst; The young children ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them.
4:5 Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those who were brought up in scarlet Embrace ash heaps.
4:6 The punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people Is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, Which was overthrown in a moment, With no hand to help her
4:7 Her Nazirites were brighter than snow And whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, Like sapphire in their appearance.
4:8 Now their appearance is blacker than soot; They go unrecognized in the streets; Their skin clings to their bones, It has become as dry as wood.
4:9 Those slain by the sword are better off Than those who die of hunger; For these pine away, Stricken for lack of the fruits of the field.
4:10 The hands of the compassionate women Have cooked their own children; They became food for them In the destruction of the daughter of my people.
4:11 The Lord has fulfilled His fury, He has poured out His fierce anger. He kindled a fire in Zion, And it has devoured its foundations.
4:12 The kings of the earth, And all inhabitants of the world, Would not have believed That the adversary and the enemy Could enter the gates of Jerusalem
4:13 [It is] for the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the righteous in the midst of her.
4:14 They wandered blind in the streets; They have defiled themselves with blood, So that no one would touch their garments.
4:15 They cried out to them, "Go away, unclean Go away, go away, Do not touch us" When they fled and wandered, Those among the nations said, "They shall no longer dwell here."
4:16 The face of the Lord scattered them; He no longer regards them. The people do not respect the priests Nor show favor to the elders.
4:17 Still our eyes failed us, Watching vainly for our help; In our watching we watched For a nation that could not save us.
4:18 They tracked our steps So that we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near; Our days were over, For our end had come.
4:19 Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the heavens. They pursued us on the mountains And lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
4:20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, Was caught in their pits, Of whom we said, "Under his shadow We shall live among the nations."
4:21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, You who dwell in the land of Uz The cup shall also pass over to you And you shall become drunk and make yourself naked.
4:22 The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; He will no longer send you into captivity. He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will uncover your sins

Lamentations Chapter 5
5:1 Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us; Look, and behold our reproach
5:2 Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, And our houses to foreigners.
5:3 We have become orphans and waifs, Our mothers are like widows.
5:4 We pay for the water we drink, And our wood comes at a price.
5:5 They pursue at our heels; We labor and have no rest.
5:6 We have given our hand to the Egyptians And the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
5:7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, But we bear their iniquities.
5:8 Servants rule over us; There is none to deliver us from their hand.
5:9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives, Because of the sword in the wilderness.
5:10 Our skin is hot as an oven, Because of the fever of famine.
5:11 They ravished the women in Zion, The maidens in the cities of Judah.
5:12 Princes were hung up by their hands, And elders were not respected.
5:13 Young men ground at the millstones; Boys staggered under loads of wood.
5:14 The elders have ceased gathering at the gate, And the young men from their music.
5:15 The joy of our heart has ceased; Our dance has turned into mourning.
5:16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned
5:17 Because of this our heart is faint; Because of these things our eyes grow dim;
5:18 Because of Mount Zion which is desolate, With foxes walking about on it.
5:19 You, O Lord, remain forever; Your throne from generation to generation.
5:20 Why do You forget us forever, And forsake us for so long a time?
5:21 Turn us back to You, O Lord, and we will be restored; Renew our days as of old,
5:22 Unless You have utterly rejected us, And are very angry with us

Ezekiel Chapter 1
1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the River Chebar, that the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.
1:2 On the fifth day of the month, which was in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity,
1:3 the word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was upon him there.
1:4 Then I looked, and behold, a whirlwind was coming out of the north, a great cloud with raging fire engulfing itself; and brightness was all around it and radiating out of its midst like the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
1:5 Also from within it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.
1:6 Each one had four faces, and each one had four wings.
1:7 Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the soles of calves' feet. They sparkled like the color of burnished bronze.
1:8 The hands of a man were under their wings on their four sides; and each of the four had faces and wings.
1:9 Their wings touched one another. The creatures did not turn when they went, but each one went straight forward.
1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, each had the face of a man; each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, each of the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and each of the four had the face of an eagle.
1:11 Thus were their faces. Their wings stretched upward; two wings of each one touched one another, and two covered their bodies.
1:12 And each one went straight forward; they went wherever the spirit wanted to go, and they did not turn when they went.
1:13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches going back and forth among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and out of the fire went lightning.
1:14 And the living creatures ran back and forth, in appearance like a flash of lightning.
1:15 Now as I looked at the living creatures, behold, a wheel was on the earth beside each living creature with its four faces.
1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their workings was like the color of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. The appearance of their workings was, as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
1:17 When they moved, they went toward any one of four directions; they did not turn aside when they went.
1:18 As for their rims, they were so high they were awesome; and their rims were full of eyes, all around the four of them.
1:19 When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
1:20 Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went, because there the spirit went; and the wheels were lifted together with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
1:21 When those went, these went; when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up together with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
1:22 The likeness of the firmament above the heads of the living creatures was like the color of an awesome crystal, stretched out over their heads.
1:23 And under the firmament their wings spread out straight, one toward another. Each one had two which covered one side, and each one had two which covered the other side of the body.
1:24 When they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a tumult like the noise of an army; and when they stood still, they let down their wings.
1:25 A voice came from above the firmament that was over their heads; whenever they stood, they let down their wings.
1:26 And above the firmament over their heads was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above it.
1:27 Also from the appearance of His waist and upward I saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around.
1:28 Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. So when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.

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