The faithful town – what an adulteress she has become! She was once full of justice. Righteousness once dwelt in her, but now, murderers!
Lamentations 4:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised How the gold has become tarnished, the fine gold become dull! The stones of the temple lie scattered at the head of every street. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 How is the gold become dim! How is the most fine gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out In the top of every street. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition HOW THE gold has become dim! How the most pure gold has changed! The hallowed stones [of the temple] are poured out at the head of every street. American Standard Version (1901) How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street. Common English Bible Oh, no! Gold is tarnished; even the purest gold is changed. Sacred jewels are scattered on every street corner. Catholic Public Domain Version ALEPH. O how the gold has become dulled, the finest color has been altered, the stones of the sanctuary have been scattered at the head of every street. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Aleph. How is the gold become dim, the finest colour is changed: the stones of the sanctuary are scattered in the top of every street! |
The faithful town – what an adulteress she has become! She was once full of justice. Righteousness once dwelt in her, but now, murderers!
Shining morning star, , how you have fallen from the heavens! You destroyer of nations, you have been cut down to the ground.
He burned the Lord’s temple, the king’s palace, all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down all the great houses.
Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water before the Lord’s presence. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger at the head of every street.
‘Son of man, the house of Israel has become merely dross to me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are just dross from silver.
Therefore, I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the countryside, a planting area for a vineyard. I will roll her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.
He replied to them, ‘Do you see all these things? Truly I tell you, not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down.’
Jesus said to him, ‘Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left upon another #– #all will be thrown down.’