Translations
KJVPrimary
King James VersionThe precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
F.O.G.Secondary
The F.O.GThe precious children of Tziyon — once weighed against pure gold — how they are reckoned now as earthen pots, the work of a potter's hands!
F.O.G.M.
F.O.G MessageThe precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in fine gold — how they are counted now as clay jars, the work of a potter's hands!
BSB
Berean Standard BibleHow 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!
Footnotes
Ha-mesulla'im ba-paz — the verb salah means to be weighed or estimated in value, and paz denotes the most refined and purest grade of gold, distinct from ordinary zahav or ketem (see Psalm 19:10; Proverbs 8:19). The contrast with clay pottery — the most disposable, breakable of materials — is one of the sharpest reversals in the chapter. The potter and clay image carries intertextual weight: Jeremiah 18 uses it for YHWH's sovereign reshaping of nations, making the reversal here all the more pointed — what the Potter formed with care has been shattered.
