Lamentations 4:1

אֵיכָה יוּעַם זָהָב יִשְׁנֶא הַכֶּתֶם הַטּוֹב תִּשְׁתַּפֵּכְנָה אַבְנֵי ־ קֹדֶשׁ בְּרֹאשׁ כָּל ־ חוּצֽוֹת ׃ ס

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2בְּנֵי צִיּוֹן הַיְקָרִים הַמְסֻלָּאִים בַּפָּז אֵיכָה נֶחְשְׁבוּ לְנִבְלֵי ־ חֶרֶשׂ מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי יוֹצֵֽר ׃ ס

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Cross References

Isaiah 1:21אֵיכָה הָיְתָה לְזוֹנָה קִרְיָה נֶאֱמָנָה מְלֵאֲתִי מִשְׁפָּט צֶדֶק יָלִין בָּהּ וְעַתָּה מְרַצְּחִֽים ׃

Jeremiah 52:13וַיִּשְׂרֹף אֶת ־ בֵּית ־ יְהוָה וְאֶת ־ בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ וְאֵת כָּל ־ בָּתֵּי יְרוּשָׁלִַם וְאֶת ־ כָּל ־ בֵּית הַגָּדוֹל שָׂרַף בָּאֵֽשׁ ׃

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 4:1

This chapter is another single alphabet of Lamentations for the destruction of Jerusalem, like those in the first two chapters. I. The prophet here laments the injuries and indignities done to those to whom respect used to be shown, ver. 1, 2 . II. He laments the direful effects of the famine to which they were reduced by the siege, ver. 3-10 . III. He laments the taking and sacking of Jerusalem and its amazing desolations, ver. 11, 12 . IV. He acknowledges that the sins of their leaders were the cause of all… Read the whole commentary →

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