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.
['Aleph (')]
How is the gold become dim - "the gold," the splendid adornment of the temple (Calvin; Lamentations 1:10; 1 Kings 6:22, "The whole house he (Solomon) overlaid with gold ... also the whole altar;" Jeremiah 52:19); or, the principal men of Judea (Grotius; 5: 2).
The stones of ... sanctuary - the gems on the breastplate of the high priest; or, metaphorically, the priests and Levites.
[Beth (b)]