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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.
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The People are the Treasure
Commentators widely agree that the 'gold' and 'stones' are metaphors. While alluding to the temple's literal splendor, they primarily symbolize God's people. Scholars like John Gill explain that believers are like 'fine gold' due to their value to God and like 'living stones' in His spiritual house. Their 'dimming' and 'scattering' represent a tragic spiritual decline and disunity caused by sin.
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Lamentations
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The stones of the sanctuary - Or, the hallowed stones, literally stones of holiness, a metaphor for the people themselves. The actual stones…
19th Century
Anglican
How is the gold ... —The chapter, considered as a distinct poem, reproduces in its general character that of Lamentations 1:2, dif…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
13th Century
Catholic
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 …
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