OLD TESTAMENT

Lamentations 4:2

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The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

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Verse 2. Best. Hebrew “gold of Phaz,” in Colchis. Genesis 2:11. Calmet.—In Solomon’s reign, they powdered their hair with gold dust. Jos. Ant. viii. 7.—Vessels. Isaiah 30:14.

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