How is the [a]gold become so [b]dim? the most fine gold is changed, and the stones of the Sanctuary are scattered in the corner of every street.

The noble [c]men of Zion comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen [d]pitchers, even the work of the hands of the potter!

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 4:1 By the gold, he meaneth the princes, as by the stones he understandeth the Priests.
  2. Lamentations 4:1 Or, hid.
  3. Lamentations 4:2 Or, sons.
  4. Lamentations 4:2 Which are of small estimation, and have none honor.

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