Lamentations 4:2

New International Reader's Version

The priceless children of Zion were worth their weight in gold. But now they are thought of as clay pots made by the hands of a potter.

Cross References

Isaiah 30:14

It breaks into small pieces like a clay pot. It breaks up completely. Not one piece is left big enough for taking coals from a fireplace. Not one piece is left for dipping water out of a well.”

Isaiah 51:18

Among all the children who were born to you there was none to guide you. Among all the children you brought up there was none to lead you by the hand.

Jeremiah 19:1

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

Jeremiah 19:11

Tell them, ‘Here is what the Lord who rules over all says. “This potter’s jar is smashed and can’t be repaired. And I will smash this nation and this city. People will bury their dead in Topheth. But they will run out of room.

Jeremiah 22:28

This man Jehoiachin is like a broken pot. Everyone hates him. No one wants him. Why will he and his children be thrown out of this land? Why will they be sent to a land they don’t know about?

Lamentations 2:21

“Young people and old people alike lie dead in the dust of my streets. My young men and women have been killed by swords. You killed them when you were angry. You put them to death without pity.

Lamentations 5:12

Our princes have been hung up by their hands. No one shows our elders any respect.

Hosea 8:8

So the people of Israel are swallowed up. Now they are among the nations like something no one wants.

Zechariah 9:13

I will bend Judah as I bend my bow. I will make Ephraim’s people my arrows. Zion, I will stir up your sons. Greece, they will attack your sons. My people, I will use you as my sword.”

2 Corinthians 4:7

Treasure is kept in clay jars. In the same way, we have the treasure of the good news in these earthly bodies of ours. That shows that the mighty power of the good news comes from God. It doesn’t come from us.

2 Timothy 2:20

In a large house there are things made out of gold and silver. But there are also things made out of wood and clay. Some have special purposes. Others have common purposes.