Lamentations 4:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.”
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“How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“How is the gold become dim, Changed the best--the pure gold? Poured out are stones of the sanctuary At the head of all out-places.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Lamentations 4:1 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 25:9He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
- Isaiah 1:21See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!
- Isaiah 14:12How 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 52:13He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
- Lamentations 2:19Arise, 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.
- Ezekiel 7:19They 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.
- 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.”
- 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 21:5As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said,
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