Lamentations 4:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!”
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“How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!”
King James Version · Public Domain“The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The precious sons of Zion, Who are comparable with fine gold, How have they been reckoned earthen bottles, Work of the hands of a potter.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Lamentations 4:2 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 30:14It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”
- Isaiah 51:18Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.
- Jeremiah 19:11and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.
- Jeremiah 22:28Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?
- Lamentations 2:21Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.
- Lamentations 5:12Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
- Hosea 8:8Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.
- Zechariah 9:13For I will bend Judah as My bowand fit it with Ephraim.I will rouse your sons, O Zion,against the sons of Greece.I will make you like the swordof a mighty man.
- Romans 9:21Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?
- 2 Corinthians 4:7Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
- 2 Timothy 2:20A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use.
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