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Lamentations 4:1 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Lamentations 4:1 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 4 verse 1 to related passages throughout the Bible.
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“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.”
Lamentations 4:1 (KJV)
Commentary on Lamentations 4:1
Chapter 4 opens with shocking imagery: "How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed!" (eikah yugam zahav yishneh ha-ketem ha-tov, אֵיכָה יוּגַם זָהָב יִשְׁנֶא הַכֶּתֶם הַטּוֹב). Gold symbolized the temple's glory and purity. Ketem (כֶּתֶם) refers to pure, refined gold. The tarnishing of gold—inherently resistant to corrosion—represents a cosmic disorder, an unnatural degradation. The verse continues: "the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street" (tishtapokhnah avnei-kodesh be-rosh kol-khutsot). "Stones of the sanctuary" likely refers to the foundati...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Lamentations 4:1
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“and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Yahweh: they shall not satisfy their souls”
“cry out in the night”
“but now murderers.”
“morning star”
“and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem”
“and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem”
“Don't you see all of these things? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down.”
“Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone on another, which will not be thrown down.”
“he said”