Lamentations 4:1
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 4:1 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 4:1 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "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 ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 4:1 — 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.”
— Lamentations 4:1 (KJV)
Lamentations 4:1 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 4:1
“And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it. only in...: Heb. until he left its stones in Kirharaseth”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:1: how, stones, top
“In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly. weeping...: Heb. descending into weeping, or, coming down with weeping”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:1: how, top, every
“The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, thyine: or, sweet”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:1: gold, most, fine
“Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:1: how, sanctuary, every
“And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones. mar: Heb. grieve”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:1: stones, top, every
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