Lamentations 4:1

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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.

Literal

How the gold has grown dim, the pure gold has changed! The stones of holiness are poured forth at the head of every street.

Latin

Quomodo obscuratum est aurum, mutatus est color optimus! dispersi sunt lapides sanctuarii in capite omnium platearum!

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Lamentations 4:1–22

Although God’s people still experience his judgment, they will soon experience restoration.

Related verses

Ezekiel 7:19–22
They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.
Lamentations 2:19
Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
Isaiah 1:21
See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!
Matthew 24:2
“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
Isaiah 14:12
How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.
Jeremiah 52:13
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
2 Kings 25:9–10
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
Mark 13:2
“Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
Luke 21:5–6
As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said,

Glossary

Acrostic Lamentations, Book of Poetry, Biblical

Topics

Church: Sanctuary Gold: Figurative Gold: Liable to Grow Dim Poetry: Acrostic Temple: Solomon's: Destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and the Valuable Contents Carried to Babylon War: Evils of

Lamentations 4:1

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