John Trapp on Lamentations 4:1

CHAP. IV.

Pet. à Figueir.Ver. 1. HOw is the gold become dim?] How? by way of wonderment again, as chap. 1.2. q. d. Quo tanto ſcelere hominum, & qua tanta indignatione Dei? What have men done? and how hath God been provoked, that there are ſuch ſtrange alterations here all on the ſudden? By gold and fine gold here underſtand the Temple overlaid by Solomon with choice gold: or Gods people (his ſpiritual Temple) who had now loſt their luſtre, and dignity.

The ſtones of the Sanctuary are poured out] Come tumbling down, from the demoliſhed Temple.