Lamentations 4:1

Contemporary English Version 1995

The purest gold is ruined and has lost its shine; jewels from the temple lie scattered in the streets.

Cross References

Lamentations 2:19

Get up and pray for help all through the night. Pour out your feelings to the Lord, as you would pour water out of a jug. Beg him to save your people, who are starving to death at every street crossing.

Isaiah 1:21

Jerusalem, you are like an unfaithful wife. Once your judges were honest and your people lived right; now you are a city full of murderers.

Matthew 24:2

Jesus replied, “Do you see these buildings? They will certainly be torn down! Not one stone will be left in place.”

Jeremiah 52:13

and he burned down the Lord's temple, the king's palace, and every important building in the city, as well as all the houses.

Isaiah 14:12

You, the bright morning star, have fallen from the sky! You brought down other nations; now you are brought down.

Mark 13:2

Jesus replied, “Do you see these huge buildings? They will certainly be torn down! Not one stone will be left in place.”

Ezekiel 22:18

Ezekiel, son of man, I consider the people of Israel as worthless as the leftover metal in a furnace after silver has been purified.

Micah 1:6

So the Lord will leave Samaria in ruins— merely an empty field where vineyards are planted. He will scatter its stones and destroy its foundations.