Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version How the precious children of Zion, once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potter’s hands! New Living Translation See how the precious children of Jerusalem, worth their weight in fine gold, are now treated like pots of clay made by a common potter. English Standard Version The precious sons of Zion, worth their weight in fine gold, how they are regarded as earthen pots, the work of a potter’s hands! Berean Standard Bible 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! King James 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! New King James Version The precious sons of Zion, Valuable as fine gold, How they are regarded as clay pots, The work of the hands of the potter! New American Standard Bible The precious sons of Zion, Weighed against pure gold, How they are regarded as earthenware jars, The work of a potter’s hands! NASB 1995 The precious sons of Zion, Weighed against fine gold, How they are regarded as earthen jars, The work of a potter’s hands! NASB 1977 The precious sons of Zion, Weighed against fine gold, How they are regarded as earthen jars, The work of a potter’s hands! Legacy Standard Bible The precious sons of Zion, Weighed against fine gold, How they are regarded as earthen jars, The work of a potter’s hands! Amplified Bible The [noble and] precious sons of Zion, [Once] worth their weight in fine gold, How they are regarded [merely] as earthen jars, The work of a potter’s hands! Christian Standard Bible Zion’s precious children — once worth their weight in pure gold — how they are regarded as clay jars, the work of a potter’s hands! Holman Christian Standard Bible Zion’s precious people— once worth their weight in pure gold— how they are regarded as clay jars, the work of a potter’s hands! American Standard Version The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! Aramaic Bible in Plain English Beth The precious children of Zion who are better than costly stones have been considered just as vessels of earthen work from the hands of a potter! Brenton Septuagint Translation BETH. The precious sons of Zion, who were equalled in value with gold, how are they counted as earthen vessels, the works of the hands of the potter! Contemporary English Version These are Zion's people, worth more than purest gold; yet they are counted worthless like dishes of clay. Douay-Rheims Bible Beth. The noble sons of Sion, and they that were clothed with the best gold: how are they esteemed as earthen vessels, the work of the potter's hands? English Revised Version The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! GOD'S WORD® Translation "Zion's precious children, who are worth their weight in fine gold, are now treated like clay pots, like those made by a potter's hands. Good News Translation Zion's young people were as precious to us as gold, but now they are treated like common clay pots. International Standard Version Though the precious people of Zion were like fine gold, how they are valued like clay vessels, the handiwork of a potter! JPS Tanakh 1917 The precious sons of Zion, Comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, The work of the hands of the potter! Literal Standard Version The precious sons of Zion, | Who are comparable with fine gold, | How they have been reckoned earthen bottles, | Work of the hands of a potter. Majority Standard Bible 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! New American Bible And Zion’s precious children, worth their weight in gold— How they are treated like clay jugs, the work of any potter! NET Bible The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold--Alas!--but now they are treated like broken clay pots, made by a potter. New Revised Standard Version The precious children of Zion, worth their weight in fine gold— how they are reckoned as earthen pots, the work of a potter’s hands! New Heart English Bible The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How they are regarded as clay jars, the work of the hands of the potter. Webster's Bible Translation The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! World English Bible The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! Young's Literal Translation 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Distress of Zion1How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner. 2How 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! 3Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.… Cross References 2 Corinthians 4:7 Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us. Isaiah 30:14 It 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." Jeremiah 19:1 This is what the LORD says: "Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests, Jeremiah 19:11 and 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. Treasury of Scripture The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! sons Isaiah 51:18 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. Zechariah 9:13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. how Lamentations 2:21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied. Lamentations 5:12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured. Isaiah 30:14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit. Jump to Previous Best Bottles Clay Comparable Considered Earthen Esteemed Fine Gold Hands Jars Once Pitchers Pots Potter Potter's Precious Price Reckoned Regarded Valued Weighed Weight Work Worth ZionJump to Next Best Bottles Clay Comparable Considered Earthen Esteemed Fine Gold Hands Jars Once Pitchers Pots Potter Potter's Precious Price Reckoned Regarded Valued Weighed Weight Work Worth ZionLamentations 4 1. Zion bewails her pitiful estate13. She confesses her sins 21. Edom is threatened and Zion comforted. (2) The precious sons of Zion . . .--The adjective is applied not to a special class, priests, nobles, or the like, but to all the "sons of Zion" in their ideal character as a "kingdom of priests" (Exodus 19:6). They had been "comparable to" (literally, weighed with), i.e., equal to their weight in, fine gold, the work of God. Now they had became as "earthen pitchers," the work of the potter. We note the comparison as characteristic of the writer (Jeremiah 18:1-6; Jeremiah 19:1-10).Verse 2. - The precious sons of Zion; i.e. not merely the nobility, but the people of Judah in general. It is needless (as the literal interpreters of ver. 1 are compelled to do) to alter b'ne (sons) into batte (houses) or abne (stones). The comparison of men to potters' vessels is familiar to the Hebrew writers (comp. Isaiah 22:24; Isaiah 45:9). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Howאֵיכָ֤ה (’ê·ḵāh) Interjection Strong's 349: How?, how!, where the precious הַיְקָרִ֔ים (hay·qā·rîm) Article | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 3368: Precious, rare, splendid, weighty sons בְּנֵ֤י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son of Zion, צִיּוֹן֙ (ṣî·yō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 6726: Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem once worth their weight הַמְסֻלָּאִ֖ים (ham·sul·lā·’îm) Article | Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 5537: To suspend, weigh in pure gold, בַּפָּ֑ז (bap·pāz) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6337: Refined, pure gold are now esteemed נֶחְשְׁבוּ֙ (neḥ·šə·ḇū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2803: To think, account as clay חֶ֔רֶשׂ (ḥe·reś) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2789: Earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd jars, לְנִבְלֵי־ (lə·niḇ·lê-) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 5035: A skin-bag for, liquids, a vase, a lyre the work מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה (ma·‘ă·śêh) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property of a potter’s יוֹצֵֽר׃ (yō·w·ṣêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3335: To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine hands! יְדֵ֥י (yə·ḏê) Noun - fdc Strong's 3027: A hand Links Lamentations 4:2 NIVLamentations 4:2 NLT Lamentations 4:2 ESV Lamentations 4:2 NASB Lamentations 4:2 KJV Lamentations 4:2 BibleApps.com Lamentations 4:2 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 4:2 Chinese Bible Lamentations 4:2 French Bible Lamentations 4:2 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 4:2 The precious sons of Zion comparable (Lam. 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