Lamentations 4:2
Lamentations · Old Testament · Chapter 4
“The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!”Lamentations 4:2
What Does Lamentations 4:2 Mean?
Lamentations 4:2 is found in the book of Lamentations, chapter 4, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 16 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (16)
These passages are connected to Lamentations 4:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
2 Corinthians 4:7“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.”2 Timothy 2:20“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.”Isaiah 30:14“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, or to take water withal out of the pit.”Jeremiah 19:11“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 Tophet, till there be no place to bury.”Romans 9:21“Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?”Psalms 144:12“That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:”Isaiah 51:20“Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.”Joel 2:23“Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.”Isaiah 51:18“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.”Jeremiah 19:1“Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter’s earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;”Lamentations 5:12“Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.”Zechariah 9:13“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.”Ezra 8:27“Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.”Jeremiah 22:28“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?”Lamentations 1:16“For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.”Lamentations 2:21“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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