Lamentations 4:1

¶ How is the gold become dim! [how] is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.

How is the gold {H2091} become dim {H6004}! how is the most {H2896} fine gold {H3800} changed {H8132}! the stones {H68} of the sanctuary {H6944} are poured out {H8210} in the top {H7218} of every street {H2351}.

How the gold has lost its luster! How the fine gold has changed! How the stones of the sanctuary lie scattered at every streetcorner!

How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.

How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 7:19 (5 votes)

    They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

  • Ezekiel 7:22 (5 votes)

    My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret [place]: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.

  • Lamentations 2:19 (4 votes)

    Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

  • Isaiah 1:21 (3 votes)

    ¶ How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

  • 2 Kings 25:9 (2 votes)

    And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great [man's] house burnt he with fire.

  • 2 Kings 25:10 (2 votes)

    And all the army of the Chaldees, that [were with] the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

  • Isaiah 14:12 (2 votes)

    How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!