How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her— but now murderers!
Lamentations 4:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 How the gold has grown dim; how the pure gold is changed! The sacred stones lie scattered at the head of every street. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition HOW THE gold has become dim! How the most pure gold has changed! The hallowed stones [of the temple] are poured out at the head of every street. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Oh, no! Gold is tarnished; even the purest gold is changed. Sacred jewels are scattered on every street corner. Catholic Public Domain Version ALEPH. O how the gold has become dulled, the finest color has been altered, the stones of the sanctuary have been scattered at the head of every street. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Aleph. How is the gold become dim, the finest colour is changed: the stones of the sanctuary are scattered in the top of every street! |
How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her— but now murderers!
How you are fallen from heaven, O Morning Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low!
He burned the house of the Lord, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.
Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord! Lift your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.
Mortal, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them, silver, bronze, tin, iron, and lead. In the smelter they have become dross.
Therefore I will make Samaria a heap in the open country, a place for planting vineyards. I will pour down her stones into the valley and uncover her foundations.
Then he asked them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly I tell you, not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.”
Then Jesus asked him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.”