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Lamentations 4:1

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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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֵיכָה֙'ei.Khahhow!H349 →
יוּעַ֣םyu.'Amit is dimmedH6004 →
זָהָ֔בza.HavgoldH2091 →
יִשְׁנֶ֖אyish.Ne'it is changedH8132 →
הַכֶּ֣תֶםha.Ke.temthe goldH3800 →
הַטּ֑וֹבha.Tov<the> fineH2896 →
תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֙כְנָה֙tish.ta.Pe.khe.nahthey lie scatteredH8210 →
אַבְנֵי־'av.nei-stones ofH68 →
קֹ֔דֶשׁKo.deshholinessH6944 →
בְּרֹ֖אשׁbe.Roshat [the] head ofH7218 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
חוּצֽוֹת׃ סchu.Tzot[the] streetsH2351 →

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Ezekiel 7:19–22They 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 2:19Arise, 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.Haggai 1:4“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”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!Micah 1:6Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.2 Kings 25:9–10He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.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.”Jeremiah 52:13He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.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.Isaiah 14:4you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!Isaiah 63:18For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.Jeremiah 2:21I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?Jeremiah 48:39“How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”Jeremiah 7:14therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.Lamentations 1:1How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.Lamentations 1:9Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!Lamentations 2:1How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger.Lamentations 2:4He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.

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People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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