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The poem uses images of value turned to ruin: “How the gold has grown dim” and the holy stones are scattered at street corners. It presents this as part of Zion’s devastation after the siege and destruction (Lamentations 4:1).
1How is the gold become dim! [how] is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.