Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Lamentations 4:1
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Lamentations4:1
CHAPTER (ELEGY) 4
La 4:1-22. The Sad Capture of Jerusalem, the Hope of Restoration, and the Retribution Awaiting Idumea for Joining Babylon against Judea.
Aleph.
1. gold--the splendid adornment of the temple [Calvin] (La 1:10; 1Ki 6:22; Jr 52:19); or, the principal men of Judea [Grotius] (La 4:2).
stones of ... sanctuary--the gems on the breastplate of the high priest; or, metaphorically, the priests and Levites.
Beth.
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