Lamentations 4:1

New American Bible - revised edition

How the gold has lost its luster, the noble metal changed; Jewels lie scattered at the corner of every street.

Cross References

Isaiah 1:21

How she has become a prostitute, the faithful city, so upright! Justice used to lodge within her, but now, murderers.

Isaiah 14:12

How you have fallen from the heavens, O Morning Star, son of the dawn! How you have been cut down to the earth, you who conquered nations!

Jeremiah 52:13

He burned the house of the Lord, the palace of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every large building he destroyed with fire.

Lamentations 2:19

Rise up! Wail in the night, at the start of every watch; Pour out your heart like water before the Lord; Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children, Who collapse from hunger at the corner of every street.

Ezekiel 22:18

Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead within a furnace; they have become the dross from silver.

Micah 1:6

So I will make Samaria a ruin in the field, a place to plant vineyards; I will throw its stones into the valley, and lay bare its foundations.

Matthew 24:2

He said to them in reply, “You see all these things, do you not? Amen, I say to you, there will not be left here a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down.” The Beginning of Calamities.

Mark 13:2

Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be one stone left upon another that will not be thrown down.” The Signs of the End.