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Lamentations 4:5

King James Version (KJV)

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They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

Lamentations 4:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Lamentations 4:5

Theological / Devotional

Dunghills. Literally, “ashpits.” This word seems to signify a dumping ground for rubbish in general. To sit or lie there was a sign of utter degradation (see 1 Sam. 2:8). The city of Jerusalem was now one vast heap of ashes.

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