The stones of the sanctuary - Or, the hallowed stones, literally stones of holine , a metaphor for the people themselves. The actual stones …

How is the gold ... —The chapter, considered as a distinct poem, reproduces in its general character that of Lamentations 1:2, dif…

Here Jeremiah, following the order of the alphabet the fourth time, deplores the ruin of the city, and the destruction of the priesthood and of the…

How is the gold become dim !
or "covered" ^F2 ; or hid with rust, dust, or dirt; so that it can scarcely b…

What a change is here! Sin tarnishes the beauty of the most exalted powers and the most excellent gifts; but that gold, tried in the fire, which Ch…

Here, the prophet weeps especially over the misery of the siege. This section is divided into two parts. In the first, he weeps over the misery of …