Commentary for Lamentations 4:5
הָאֹֽכְלִים֙ לְמַ֣עֲדַנִּ֔ים נָשַׁ֖מּוּ בַּחוּצ֑וֹת הָאֱמֻנִים֙ עֲלֵ֣י תוֹלָ֔ע חִבְּק֖וּ אַשְׁפַּתּֽוֹת׃ (ס)
They that did feed on dainties Are desolate in the streets; They that were brought up in scarlet Embrace dunghills.
Rashi on Lamentations
Those raised on richly colored brocade. On colored garments.
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Rashi on Lamentations
Those raised. An expression [similar to], “And he brought אֹמֵן up Hadassah.”8Esther 2:7.
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Rashi on Lamentations
Dungheaps. Heaps of dung; they lie on the dunghills in the street.
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