| 說明受罰乃因犯罪 |
| 4:1 | [NASB] How dark the gold has become, {How} the pure gold has changed! The sacred stones are poured out At the corner of every street. |
| 4:2 | [NASB] The precious sons of Zion, Weighed against fine gold, How they are regarded as earthen jars, The work of a potter's hands! |
| 4:3 | [NASB] Even jackals offer the breast, They nurse their young; {But} the daughter of my people has become cruel Like ostriches in the wilderness. |
| 4:4 | [NASB] The tongue of the infant cleaves To the roof of its mouth because of thirst; The little ones ask for bread, {But} no one breaks {it} for them. |
| 4:5 | [NASB] Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those reared in purple Embrace ash pits. |
| 4:6 | [NASB] For the iniquity of the daughter of my people Is greater than the sin of Sodom, Which was overthrown as in a moment, And no hands were turned toward her. |
| 4:7 | [NASB] Her consecrated ones were purer than snow, They were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy {in} body than corals, Their polishing {was like} lapis lazuli. |
| 4:8 | [NASB] Their appearance is blacker than soot, They are not recognized in the streets; Their skin is shriveled on their bones, It is withered, it has become like wood. |
| 4:9 | [NASB] Better are those slain with the sword Than those slain with hunger; For they pine away, being stricken For lack of the fruits of the field. |
| 4:10 | [NASB] The hands of compassionate women Boiled their own children; They became food for them Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people. |
| 4:11 | [NASB] The LORD has accomplished His wrath, He has poured out His fierce anger; And He has kindled a fire in Zion Which has consumed its foundations. |
| 4:12 | [NASB] The kings of the earth did not believe, Nor {did} any of the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy Could enter the gates of Jerusalem. |
| 4:13 | [NASB] Because of the sins of her prophets {And} the iniquities of her priests, Who have shed in her midst The blood of the righteous; |
| 4:14 | [NASB] They wandered, blind, in the streets; They were defiled with blood So that no one could touch their garments. |
| 4:15 | [NASB] "Depart! Unclean!" they cried of themselves. "Depart, depart, do not touch!" So they fled and wandered; {Men} among the nations said, "They shall not continue to dwell {with us.}" |
| 4:16 | [NASB] The presence of the LORD has scattered them, He will not continue to regard them; They did not honor the priests, They did not favor the elders. |
| 4:17 | [NASB] Yet our eyes failed, {Looking} for help was useless; In our watching we have watched For a nation that could not save. |
| 4:18 | [NASB] They hunted our steps So that we could not walk in our streets; Our end drew near, Our days were finished For our end had come. |
| 4:19 | [NASB] Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the sky; They chased us on the mountains, They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness. |
| 4:20 | [NASB] The breath of our nostrils, the LORD'S anointed, Was captured in their pits, Of whom we had said, "Under his shadow We shall live among the nations." |
| 4:21 | [NASB] Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, Who dwells in the land of Uz; {But} the cup will come around to you as well, You will become drunk and make yourself naked. |
| 4:22 | [NASB] {The punishment} of your iniquity has been completed, O daughter of Zion; He will exile you no longer. {But} He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins! |
