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Selected Verse: Lamentations 4:5 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
La 4:5	Strong Concordance	They that did feed [0398] delicately [04574] are desolate [08074] in the streets [02351]: they that were brought up [0539] in scarlet [08438] embrace [02263] dunghills [0830].
	King James	They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
delicately--on dainties. are desolate--or, "perish." in scarlet embrace dunghills--Instead of the scarlet couches on which the grandees were nursed, they must lie on dunghills. embrace--They who once shrank sensitively from any soil, gladly cling close to heaps of filth as their only resting-place. Compare "embrace the rock" (Job 24:8).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

delicately--on dainties.

are desolate--or, "perish."

in scarlet embrace dunghills--Instead of the scarlet couches on which the grandees were nursed, they must lie on dunghills.

embrace--They who once shrank sensitively from any soil, gladly cling close to heaps of filth as their only resting-place. Compare "embrace the rock" (Job 24:8).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
They that were brought up in scarlet - literally, "those that were carried upon scarlet;" young children in arms and of the highest birth now lie on the dirt-heaps of the city.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

They that were brought up in scarlet - literally, "those that were carried upon scarlet;" young children in arms and of the highest birth now lie on the dirt-heaps of the city.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Embrace dunghills - Lie on straw or rubbish, instead of the costly carpets and sofas on which they formerly stretched themselves.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Embrace dunghills - Lie on straw or rubbish, instead of the costly carpets and sofas on which they formerly stretched themselves.

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