Lamentations 4:2

God's Word

“Zion’s precious children, who are worth their weight in fine gold, are now treated like clay pots, like those made by a potter’s hands.

Cross References

Isaiah 30:14

It will break like pottery. It will be smashed, and nothing will be left of it. No piece will be big enough to carry live coals from a fireplace or to dip water from a reservoir.

Isaiah 51:18

From all the children she gave birth to, there was no one to guide her. From all the children she raised, there was no one to take her by the hand.

Jeremiah 19:1

This is what the Lord says: Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take along some of the leaders of the people and some of the leaders of the priests.

Jeremiah 19:11

Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: I will smash these people and this city as this potter’s jar was smashed beyond repair. They will bury ⌞the dead⌟ in Topheth until there’s no other place to bury them.

Jeremiah 22:28

This Jehoiakin is like a rejected and broken pot that no one wants. Is that why he and his descendants will be thrown out and cast into another land they’ve never heard of?

Lamentations 2:21

Young and old lie on the ground in the streets. My young women and men are cut down by swords. You killed them on the day of your anger. You slaughtered them without any pity.

Lamentations 5:12

⌞Our⌟ leaders are hung by their hands. ⌞Our⌟ older leaders are shown no respect.

Hosea 8:8

Israel will be swallowed up. It has already mixed in with the other nations. It has become worthless.

Zechariah 9:13

I will bend Judah as my bow and draw my bow with Ephraim ⌞as its arrow⌟. I will stir up your people, Zion, against your people, Greece, and I will use you like a warrior’s sword.

2 Corinthians 4:7

Our bodies are made of clay, yet we have the treasure of the Good News in them. This shows that the superior power of this treasure belongs to God and doesn’t come from us.

2 Timothy 2:20

In a large house there are not only objects made of gold and silver, but also those made of wood and clay. Some objects are honored when they are used; others aren’t.