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Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace dunghills.

Lamentations 4:5 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીયર્મિયાનો વિલાપ ૪:૫
જેઓ મિષ્ટાન્ન ખાતા હતા, તેઓ શેરીઓમાં નિરાધાર થયા છે; જેઓ રેશમી વસ્ત્રો પહેરતા હતા તેઓ ઉકરડા પર ગંદકીમાં આળોટે છે.
हिन्दीविलापगीत ४:५
जो स्वादिष्ट भोजन खाते थे, वे अब सड़कों में व्याकुल फिरते हैं; जो मखमल के वस्त्रों में पले थे अब घूरों पर लेटते हैं।

In context

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.

7Her nobles were purer than snow. They were whiter than milk. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. Their polishing was like sapphire.

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