They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
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Interpretation
What a change is here! Sin tarnishes the beauty of the most exalted powers and the most excellent gifts; but that gold, tried in the fire, which Christ bestows, never will be taken from us; its outward appearance may be dimmed, but its real value can never be changed.