4:5a Those who once ate delicacies

Those who ate rich food (English Easy-to-Read Version)
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The people who once ate fine foods

4:5b are destitute in the streets;

are now dying from hunger in the streets.
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are now starving to death in the streets. (NET Bible)

4:5c those brought up in crimson

Those who grew up wearing expensive clothes (NET Bible)
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The people who dressed in fine clothes from their childhood

4:5d huddle in ash heaps.

now search the garbage dumps for food.
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now live in heaps of rubbish. (FBV)

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