Lamentations 4:1
Lamentations chapter 4 · verse 1 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000How 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611How 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901How 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.
Context
v.1This passage
v.2The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 52:13
And he burned the house of Jehovah, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned he with fire.
- Lamentations 2:19
Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; Pour out thy 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 at the head of every street.
- Isaiah 1:21
How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
- 2 Kings 25:9
And he burnt the house of Jehovah, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.
- Isaiah 14:12
How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the nations!
- Mark 13:2
And Jesus said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left here one stone upon another, which shall not be thrown down.