Strong's Lexicon How אֵיכָ֤ה (’ê·ḵāh) Interjection Strong's Hebrew 349: interrog adv 1) how? interj 2) how! (in lamentation) 3) expression of satisfaction the precious הַיְקָרִ֔ים (hay·qā·rîm) Article | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3368: 1) valuable, prized, weighty, precious, rare, splendid 1a) precious 1a1) costly 1a2) precious, highly valued 1a3) precious stones or jewels 1b) rare 1c) glorious, splendid 1d) weighty, influential sons בְּנֵ֤י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class of Zion, צִיּוֹן֙ (ṣî·yō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6726: Zion = 'parched place' 1) another name for Jerusalem especially in the prophetic books once worth their weight הַמְסֻלָּאִ֖ים (ham·sul·lā·’îm) Article | Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5537: 1) to weigh, compare 1a) (Pual) 1a1) to be weighed 1a2) weighed (participle) in pure gold, בַּפָּ֑ז (bap·pāz) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6337: 1) refined or pure gold are now esteemed נֶחְשְׁבוּ֙ (neḥ·šə·ḇū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 2803: 1) to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to think, account 1a2) to plan, devise, mean 1a3) to charge, impute, reckon 1a4) to esteem, value, regard 1a5) to invent 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be accounted, be thought, be esteemed 1b2) to be computed, be reckoned 1b3) to be imputed 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to think upon, consider, be mindful of 1c2) to think to do, devise, plan 1c3) to count, reckon 1d) (Hithpael) to be considered as clay חֶ֔רֶשׂ (ḥe·reś) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2789: 1) earthenware, clay pottery, shard, potsherd, earthen vessel jars, לְנִבְלֵי־ (lə·niḇ·lê-) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 5035: 1) a skin-bag, jar, pitcher 1a) skin-bottle, skin 1b) jar, pitcher (earthen) 2) harp, lute, guitar, musical instrument the work מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה (ma·‘ă·śêh) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4639: 1) deed, work 1a) deed, thing done, act 1b) work, labour 1c) business, pursuit 1d) undertaking, enterprise 1e) achievement 1f) deeds, works (of deliverance and judgment) 1g) work, thing made 1h) work (of God) 1i) product of a potter’s יוֹצֵֽר׃ (yō·w·ṣêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3335: 1) to form, fashion, frame 1a) (Qal) to form, fashion 1a1) of human activity 1a2) of divine activity 1a2a) of creation 1a2a1) of original creation 1a2a2) of individuals at conception 1a2a3) of Israel as a people 1a2b) to frame, pre-ordain, plan (fig. of divine) purpose of a situation) 1b) (Niphal) to be formed, be created 1c) (Pual) to be predetermined, be pre-ordained 1d) (Hophal) to be formed hands ! יְדֵ֥י (yə·ḏê) Noun - fdc Strong's Hebrew 3027: 1) hand 1a) hand (of man) 1b) strength, power (fig.) 1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) 1d) (various special, technical senses) 1d1) sign, monument 1d2) part, fractional part, share 1d3) time, repetition 1d4) axle-trees, axle 1d5) stays, support (for laver) 1d6) tenons (in tabernacle) 1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure) 1d8) wrists Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleHow the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands! Young's Literal Translation The precious sons of Zion, Who are comparable with fine gold, How have they been reckoned earthen bottles, Work of the hands of a potter. Holman Christian Standard Bible Zion’s precious people — once worth their weight in pure gold — how they are regarded as clay jars, the work of a potter’s hands! New American Standard Bible The precious sons of Zion, Weighed against fine gold, How they are regarded as earthen jars, The work of a potter's hands! King James Bible The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! Parallel Verses New International Version How the precious children of Zion, once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potter's hands! New Living Translation See how the precious children of Jerusalem, worth their weight in fine gold, are now treated like pots of clay made by a common potter. English Standard Version The precious sons of Zion, worth their weight in fine gold, how they are regarded as earthen pots, the work of a potter’s hands! New American Standard Bible The precious sons of Zion, Weighed against fine gold, How they are regarded as earthen jars, The work of a potter's hands! King James Bible The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! Holman Christian Standard Bible Zion's precious people-- once worth their weight in pure gold-- how they are regarded as clay jars, the work of a potter's hands! International Standard Version Though the precious people of Zion were like fine gold, how they are valued like clay vessels, the handiwork of a potter! NET Bible The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold--Alas!--but now they are treated like broken clay pots, made by a potter. American Standard Version The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! English Revised Version The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! Young's Literal Translation The precious sons of Zion, Who are comparable with fine gold, How have they been reckoned earthen bottles, Work of the hands of a potter. Cross References 2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. Isaiah 30:14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit. Jeremiah 19:1 Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests; Jeremiah 19:11 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury. Lamentations 1:1 How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! Lamentations 4:1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. Lamentations 3:66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD. Lamentations 3:65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them. Lamentations 4:3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness. Lamentations 4:4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them. Lamentations 4:5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. 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