Lamentations 4:2
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!"
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָקָר
yâqâr
valuable (objectively or subjectively)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
צִיּוֹן
Tsîyôwn
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
סָלָא
çâlâʼ
to suspend in a balance, i.e. weigh
זָהָב
zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
נָבֵל
nâbêl
to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace
כַּד
kad
properly, a pail; but generally of earthenware; a jar for domestic purposes
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
יָצַר
yâtsar
to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
Key Terms in This Verse
כַּד kad
properly, a pail; but generally of earthenware; a jar for domestic purposes
Study H3537 →נָבֵל nâbêl
to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace
Study H5034 →יָצַר yâtsar
to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
Study H3335 →זָהָב zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
Study H2091 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →Cross References
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, ...
And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in T...
But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.
When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
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