Lamentations 4:1

How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.

Note This chapter is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

BSB · Berean Standard Bible
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.
KJV · King James Version
How the gold has become dim! The most pure gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
WEB · World English Bible
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.
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

How is the gold
2 Kings 25:9, 10; Isaiah 1:21; Isaiah 14:12; Ezekiel 7:19–22
the stones
Lamentations 2:19; Jeremiah 52:13; Matthew 24:2; Mark 13:2; Luke 21:5, 6