How is the gold become dim! &c.— "How is the glory of the temple obscured! The sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold, now lies in the ruins." Some think that the prophet here alludes to the princes and chief persons of the country. See the next verse, and Psalms 119:83.
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Lamentations 4:1
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.