John Trapp on Lamentations 4:2

Ver. 2. The precious ſons of Zion] Thoſe Porphyrogeniti, as the Greek Emperours children were called,Sept. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. becauſe born and bred up in a room made up of precious ſtones. Underſtand it of the Jews in general (Gods peculiar people, precious in his ſight and therefore honourable, Iſa. 43.4.) of Zedekiahs ſons in particular who (as did alſo the reſt of the Jewiſh Nobility, if Joſephus may be beleeved) poudered their hair with gold duſt,Antiq. l. 8. c. 7. to the end that they might gliſter and ſparkle againſt the beams of the Sun. The precious children of the Church are all glorious within, by means of the graces of the Spirit, that golden oyle, Zach. 4.12. and the bleſſings of God out of Zion, Pſal. 134.3. which are far beyond all other the bleſſings of heaven and of earth.

As earthen pitchers] Weak and worthleſſe.