The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
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Gill's Exposition
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold,.... This explains what is meant in Lam 4:1; by gold, fine gold, and stones of the sanctuary; not Josiah and his sons, as some Jewish interpreters;…
Barnes' Notes
The precious sons of Zion - The whole nation was consecrated to God, and formed “a kingdom of priests” Exo 19:6 : in this respect, a type of the Christian Church 1Pe 2:5. Comparable to fine gold -…
Adam Clarke
The precious sons of Zion - The Jewish priests and Jewish believers.
Comparable to fine gold - Who were of the pure standard of holiness; holy, because God who called them is holy; but now esteemed no…
The elegy in this chapter begins with a lamentation of the very sad and doleful change which the judgments of God had made in Jerusalem. The city that was formerly as gold, as the most fine gold, so…
Cambridge Bible
work of the hands of the potter as helpless as the earth which is moulded by him.
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