Lamentations 4:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The precious people of Zion were once worth more than gold. But now they are treated like something worthless, like the cheap clay jars a potter makes.

Cross References

Isaiah 30:14

You will be like a large clay jar that breaks into many small, useless pieces. You cannot use them to get a hot coal from the fire or to get water from a pool in the ground.”

Jeremiah 19:11

Then say this: ‘The Lord All-Powerful says, I will break the nation of Judah and the city of Jerusalem, just as someone breaks a clay jar! And like a broken jar, the nation of Judah cannot be put together again. It will be the same for the nation of Judah. The dead people will be buried here in Topheth until there is no more room.

2 Timothy 2:20

In a large house there are things made of gold and silver. But there are also things made of wood and clay. Some of these are used for special purposes, others for ordinary jobs.

2 Corinthians 4:7

We have this treasure from God, but we are only like clay jars that hold the treasure. This is to show that the amazing power we have is from God, not from us.

Zechariah 9:13

Judah, I will use you like a bow. Ephraim, I will use you like arrows. Israel, I will use you like a sword to fight against the men of Greece.

Lamentations 5:12

The enemy hanged our princes. They didn’t honor our elders.

Isaiah 51:18

Jerusalem had many people, but none of them became leaders for her. None of the children she raised became guides to lead her.

Lamentations 2:21

Young men and old men lie on the ground in the streets of the city. My young women and young men have been killed by the sword. You killed them on the day of your anger. You killed them without mercy!

Jeremiah 22:28

Jehoiachin is like a broken pot that someone threw away. He is like a pot that no one wants. Why will Jehoiachin and his children be thrown out and sent away into a foreign land?

Jeremiah 19:1

The Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and some priests with you.

Hosea 8:8

“Israel was destroyed; its people are scattered among the nations, like some dish that was thrown away because no one wanted it.