Lamentations 4:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. Embrace dunghills - Lie on straw or rubbish, instead of the costly carpets and sofas on which they formerly stretched themselves.

Lamentations 4:5

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