Lamentations 4:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
How 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.

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!

Hebrew
How
אֵיכָ֤ה (’ê·ḵāh)
Interjection
Strong's 349: How?, how!, where

the precious
הַיְקָרִ֔ים (hay·qā·rîm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 3368: Precious, rare, splendid, weighty

sons
בְּנֵ֤י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Zion,
צִיּוֹן֙ (ṣî·yō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6726: Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem

once worth their weight
הַמְסֻלָּאִ֖ים (ham·sul·lā·’îm)
Article | Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 5537: To suspend, weigh

in pure gold,
בַּפָּ֑ז (bap·pāz)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6337: Refined, pure gold

are now esteemed
נֶחְשְׁבוּ֙ (neḥ·šə·ḇū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2803: To think, account

as clay
חֶ֔רֶשׂ (ḥe·reś)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2789: Earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd

jars,
לְנִבְלֵי־ (lə·niḇ·lê-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 5035: A skin-bag for, liquids, a vase, a lyre

the work
מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה (ma·‘ă·śêh)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property

of a potter’s
יוֹצֵֽר׃ (yō·w·ṣêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3335: To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine

hands!
יְדֵ֥י (yə·ḏê)
Noun - fdc
Strong's 3027: A hand

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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