Lamentations 4:4
The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst. The young children ask for bread, and no one breaks it for them.Lamentations 4:4 · WEB
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- ગુજરાતી — યર્મિયાનો વિલાપ ૪:૪
- સ્તનપાન કરતાં બાળકોની જીભ તરસને કારણે તાળવે ચોંટી રહે છે; બાળકો રોટલી માગે છે, પણ કોઈ તેમને કશું પણ આપતું નથી.
- हिन्दी — विलापगीत ४:४
- दूध-पीते बच्चों की जीभ प्यास के मारे तालू में चिपट गई है; बाल-बच्चे रोटी माँगते हैं, परन्तु कोई उनको नहीं देता।
In context
2The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
3Even the jackals offer their breast. They nurse their young ones. But the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
4The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst. The young children ask for bread, and no one breaks it for them.
5Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace dunghills.
6For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment. No hands were laid on her.
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