Lamentations 4:5
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
Cross-reference
Lamentations 2:10 depicts elders sitting in dust and ashes — the same mourning imagery as 'embrace ash heaps' here.
In Isaiah 3:16-26, the haughty daughters of Zion stripped of finery mirror the reversal of luxury here — judgment on pride and abundance.
In Isaiah 32:9-14, complacent women are warned of desolation — the same theme of luxurious living brought low by judgment.
In Jeremiah 6:2, 'Daughter Zion' is called 'beautiful and delicate' — she will be destroyed, echoing the fate of the delicately raised here.
In Amos 6:3-7, those feasting on luxury while ignoring ruin go into exile — a direct parallel to the reversal of indulgence in judgment.
Luke 15:16 portrays the prodigal son longing for pig food, mirroring the reversal from luxury to desperate hunger here.
In Luke 16:19, the rich man's purple clothing and feasting mirrors the luxury here, and his torment parallels their reversal.
In Revelation 18:7-9, Babylon's luxury is judged as kings weep over her fall — a strong echo of the reversal from delicacies to ashes.
Isaiah 47:1 uses the same imagery of former luxury ('tender and delicate') brought low to the dust — a parallel judgment on Babylon.
In 2 Samuel 1:24, the daughters of Israel weep for Saul who clothed them in scarlet — here those once clothed in purple are now on ash heaps.