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Lamentations 4:2 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Lamentations 4:2 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 4 verse 2 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!”
Lamentations 4:2 (KJV)
Commentary on Lamentations 4:2
A devastating comparison: "The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!" (benei-Tsiyon ha-yekahrim ha-mesulaim ba-paz eikah nechshevu le-nivlei-cheres ma'aseh yedei yotser). The "precious sons" (benei ha-yekarim) were valued as fine gold (paz, פָּז—the purest gold). Now they're regarded as common clay pots. The contrast is theological and practical. Gold is valuable, permanent, beautiful—fitting for the temple and royalty. Clay pots are common, cheap, easily broken and replaced. This describes how conquest ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Lamentations 4:2
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“breaking it in pieces without sparing”
“Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Even so will I break this people and this city”
“from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor”
“but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor”
“that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God”
“Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.”
“There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.”
“Zion”
“[and] not pitied.”
“he and his seed”