Lecture 5

^4:5^ He. They that were fed delicately have died in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet have embraced the dung.

71. Here he presents the hunger of those who ate luxuriously.

And first, he presents the affliction of their hunger;

second, he presents a comparison, at and the iniquity of the daughter of my people is made greater than the sin of Sodom (Lam 4:6).

Their hunger is shown by two signs: death, they have died; and the consumption of coarse foods: they that were brought up in scarlet, when the food was withdrawn from their mouths, have embraced the dung, that is, they threw themselves on coarse food. Or literally (2 Kgs 6:24–29). Or as a simile: a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet (Prov 27:7).