“How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.”
Lamentations 4:1 (BSB)
Context Reading
1How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner. 2How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands! 3Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.