Lamentations 4:1
“How is the gold become dimme! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuarie are powred out in the top of euery streete.”
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Lamentations 4:1 Context
1How is the gold become dimme! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuarie are powred out in the top of euery streete. 2The precious sonnes of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the worke of the hands of the potter! 3Euen the sea-monsters draw out the breast, they giue sucke to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruell, like the ostriches in the wildernesse.
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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.
- King James Version
How dark the gold has become, {How} the pure gold has changed! The sacred stones are poured out At the corner of every street.
- New American Standard Version (1995)