Lamentations 4:2
New Living Translation
2 See how the precious children of Jerusalem,[a]
worth their weight in fine gold,
are now treated like pots of clay
made by a common potter.
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- 4:2 Hebrew precious sons of Zion.
Lamentations 4:2
New International Version
2 How the precious children of Zion,(A)
once worth their weight in gold,
are now considered as pots of clay,
the work of a potter’s hands!
Isaiah 30:14
New Living Translation
14 You will be smashed like a piece of pottery—
shattered so completely that
there won’t be a piece big enough
to carry coals from a fireplace
or a little water from the well.”
Isaiah 30:14
New International Version
14 It will break in pieces like pottery,(A)
shattered so mercilessly
that among its pieces not a fragment will be found
for taking coals from a hearth
or scooping water out of a cistern.”
Romans 9:21-23
New Living Translation
21 When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn’t he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage into? 22 In the same way, even though God has the right to show his anger and his power, he is very patient with those on whom his anger falls, who are destined for destruction. 23 He does this to make the riches of his glory shine even brighter on those to whom he shows mercy, who were prepared in advance for glory.
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Romans 9:21-23
New International Version
21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?(A)
22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience(B) the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?(C) 23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory(D) known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory(E)—
Jeremiah 19:11
New Living Translation
11 Then say to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: As this jar lies shattered, so I will shatter the people of Judah and Jerusalem beyond all hope of repair. They will bury the bodies here in Topheth, the garbage dump, until there is no more room for them.
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Jeremiah 19:11
New International Version
11 and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I will smash(A) this nation and this city just as this potter’s jar is smashed and cannot be repaired. They will bury(B) the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.
2 Timothy 2:20
New Living Translation
20 In a wealthy home some utensils are made of gold and silver, and some are made of wood and clay. The expensive utensils are used for special occasions, and the cheap ones are for everyday use.
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2 Timothy 2:20
New International Version
20 In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for common use.(A)
2 Corinthians 4:7
New Living Translation
7 We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure.[a] This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.
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- 4:7 Greek We now have this treasure in clay jars.
2 Corinthians 4:7
New International Version
7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay(A) to show that this all-surpassing power is from God(B) and not from us.
Zechariah 9:13
New Living Translation
13 Judah is my bow,
and Israel is my arrow.
Jerusalem[a] is my sword,
and like a warrior, I will brandish it against the Greeks.[b]
Zechariah 9:13
New International Version
Lamentations 5:12
New Living Translation
12 Our princes are being hanged by their thumbs,
and our elders are treated with contempt.
Lamentations 5:12
New International Version
Isaiah 51:18
New Living Translation
18 Not one of your children is left alive
to take your hand and guide you.
Isaiah 51:18
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Lamentations 2:21
New Living Translation
21 “See them lying in the streets—
young and old,
boys and girls,
killed by the swords of the enemy.
You have killed them in your anger,
slaughtering them without mercy.
Lamentations 2:21
New International Version
Jeremiah 22:28
New Living Translation
28 “Why is this man Jehoiachin like a discarded, broken jar?
Why are he and his children to be exiled to a foreign land?
Jeremiah 22:28
New International Version
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