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Verse Lamentations 4:2. _THE PRECIOUS SONS OF ZION_] The Jewish
priests and Jewish believers.
_COMPARABLE TO FINE GOLD_] Who were of the _pure standard_ of
holiness; holy, because God who called them...
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THE PRECIOUS SONS OF ZION - The whole nation was consecrated to God,
and formed “a kingdom of priests” Exodus 19:6 : in this respect, a
type of the Christian Church 1 Peter 2:5.
COMPARABLE TO FINE GOL...
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CHAPTER 4 THE DEPARTED GLORY AND THE CUP OF SHAME
This new lament begins with a description of the former glory of Zion
and its present wretchedness; the glory is departed:
How is the gold become dim...
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LAMENTATIONS 4. THE FOURTH LAMENT. This has less literary finish than
Lamentations 4:3, and it has also less spiritual value. It lacks much
of the saints whom one seems to see in Lamentations 4:1, and...
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FINE GOLD. pure gold. See note above.
AS EARTHEN PITCHERS. The comparison is both in the material and in the
workmanship. Compare Jeremiah 18:1; Jeremiah 19:1....
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_gold most pure gold fine gold_ used metaphorically for the citizens,
the choicest of whom are also called _the stones of the sanctuary_.
Cp. Zechariah 9:16 ("stones of a crown")....
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_work of the hands of the potter_ as helpless as the earth which is
moulded by him....
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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
A RUINED KINGDOM
Lamentations 4:1-22
The fourth poem is an alphabetic acrostic like that found in Chapter s
1 and 2 with the exception that the stanzas here have two lines
instea...
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The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they
esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! THE
PRECIOUS SONS OF ZION, COMPARABLE TO FINE GOLD - (; ). HOW ARE...
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EARTHEN PITCHERS, THE WORK OF THE HANDS OF THE POTTER] The contrast is
not merely one of the materials, gold and clay, but of workmanship
(Jeremiah 18:1; Jeremiah 19:1)....
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ZION'S FORMER GLORY CONTRASTED WITH HER PRESENT HUMILIATION
In this fourth dirge the poet describes the miseries of the various
classes in the sack of Jerusalem, concluding with a warning to Edom.
In...
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Some people think that the ‘young men’ were the priests of the
*temple.
The fine gold of God’s house (see 1 Kings 6:22) and its special
stone was dirty. It was dirty with smoke after the fire. Now th...
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JEREMIAH WEEPS IN THE DARKNESS
LAMENTATIONS
_ROY ROHU_
CHAPTER 4
JEREMIAH CONTINUES TO SPEAK.
V1 Look! The gold has stopped shining! Look how the best gold has
changed! The stones of the *temple...
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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...
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בְּנֵ֤י צִיֹּון֙ הַ יְקָרִ֔ים הַ
מְסֻלָּאִ֖ים...
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CONTRASTS
Lamentations 4:1
IN form the fourth elegy is slightly different from each of its
predecessors. Following the characteristic plan of the Book of
Lamentations, it is an acrostic of twenty-two...
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The fourth poem is for the most part a dirge of desolation, which
nevertheless ends in a song of hope. Jeremiah first described the
disaster in Zion, declaring that it all arose as the result of the s...
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The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they
esteemed as earthen (b) pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
(b) Which are of small value and have no honour....
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_Best. Hebrew, "gold of Phaz," in Colchis, Genesis ii. 11. (Calmet)
--- In Solomon's reign, they powdered their hair with gold dust.
(Josephus, Antiquities viii. 7.) --- Vessels. Isaias xxx. 14._...
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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. The
precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they e...
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The Prophet comes now to the people, though he does not include the
whole people, but brings forward those who were renowned, and excelled
in honor and dignity. He then says, that they were become lik...
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Jeremiah, having now found Jehovah in the affliction, tranquilly
measures its whole extent. But this is itself a consolation. For after
all Jehovah who changes not is there to comfort the heart. This...
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THE PRECIOUS SONS OF ZION, COMPARABLE TO FINE GOLD,.... This explains
what is meant in Lamentations 4:1; by gold, fine gold, and stones of
the sanctuary; not Josiah and his sons, as some Jewish interp...
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The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they
esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Ver. 2. The precious _a_ sons of Zion.] Those porphyrogeniti, as th...
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_How is the gold become dim_ “How is the glory of the temple
obscured! The sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold, (2 Chronicles
3:8,) now lies in ruins; and the stones of it are not distinguished
fr...
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The precious sons of Zion, all its inhabitants, noble by virtue of the
Lord's selection, COMPARABLE TO FINE GOLD, HOW ARE THEY ESTEEMED AS
EARTHEN PITCHERS, of little or no value, THE WORK OF THE HAND...
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JERUSALEM'S AFFLICTION A PUNISHMENT FOR HER GUILT...
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1-12 What a change is here! Sin tarnishes the beauty of the most
exalted powers and the most excellent gifts; but that gold, tried in
the fire, which Christ bestows, never will be taken from us; its...
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Either the nobles and great men, or the priests, or the good men
amongst the Jews, that for their intrinsic worth and value may be
compared to gold, are looked upon no better than earthen vessels, the...
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Lamentations 4:2 precious H3368 sons H1121 Zion H6726 Valuable H5537
(H8794) gold H6337 regarded H2803 (H8738
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THE SAD CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM DUE TO THE ANGER OF YHWH
(LAMENTATIONS 4:1).
Lamentations 4:1
(Aleph) How is the gold become dim!
How is the most pure gold changed!
The (precious) sto...
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CONTENTS: Lamentation on the direful effects of calamities of Judah.
Sins of the leaders acknowledged.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Nothing ripens a people more for ruin, nor fills the
mea...
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Lamentations 4:1. _How is the gold,_ זהב _zahab,_ so called because
of its superior lustre to other metals, now _become dim._ Gold does
not oxidize, and scarcely receives a tarnish; yet the rulers and...
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EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
(א) Lamentations 4:1. HOW IS THE GOLD DIMMED. Not a mere diminution
of its brightness, but a tarnishing which lowered the estimate of the
ore. THE MOST PURE GOLD CHANGED; something...
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THE SUFFERINGS OF JERUSALEM; NO CLASS IS EXEMPT. EDOM'S TRIUMPHING.
EXPOSITION
LAMENTATIONS 4:1
HOW IS THE GOLD BECOME DIM!… THE STONES OF THE SANCTUARY, etc. "Alas
f
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The fourth lamentation:
How is the gold become dim! the most fine gold changed! the stones of
the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. The precious
sons of Zion, comparable to fine go...
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2 Corinthians 4:7; 2 Timothy 2:20; Isaiah 30:14; Isaiah 51:18;...
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Earthen pitchers — The nobles, the priests, and the good men, are
looked upon no better than earthen vessels, the workmanship of an
ordinary potter....