Lamentations 4:2

Contemporary English Version 1995

These are Zion's people, worth more than purest gold; yet they are counted worthless like dishes of clay.

Cross References

Isaiah 30:14

and shatter like a crushed bowl. There's not a piece left big enough to carry hot coals or to dip out water.”

Jeremiah 19:11

Then tell them that I have also said: I am the Lord All-Powerful, and I warn you that I will shatter Judah and Jerusalem just like this jar that is broken beyond repair. You will bury your dead here in Topheth, but so many of you will die that there won't be enough room.

2 Timothy 2:20

In a large house some dishes are made of gold or silver, while others are made of wood or clay. Some of these are special, and others are not.

2 Corinthians 4:7

We are like clay jars in which this treasure is stored. The real power comes from God and not from us.

Zechariah 9:13

I will use Judah as my bow and Israel as my arrow. I will take the people of Zion as my sword and attack the Greeks.

Lamentations 5:12

Our rulers are strung up by their arms, and our nation's advisors are treated shamefully.

Isaiah 51:18

Not one of your many children is there to guide you or to offer a helping hand.

Lamentations 2:21

My people, both young and old, lie dead in the streets. Because you were angry, my young men and women were brutally slaughtered.

Jeremiah 22:28

Jehoiachin, you are unwanted like a broken clay pot. So you and your children will be thrown into a country you know nothing about.

Jeremiah 19:1

The Lord said: Jeremiah, go to the pottery shop and buy a clay jar. Then take along some of the city officials and leading priests

Hosea 8:8

Israel, you are ruined, and now the nations consider you worthless.