Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The precious sons of Zion - The whole nation was consecrated to God, and formed "a kingdom of priests" Exodus 19:6 : in this respect, a type of the Christian Church I Peter 2:5.
Comparable to fine gold - literally, "weighed with" solid gold, and so equal to their weight in it. With this is contrasted the hollow pitcher easily broken, and made of materials of no intrinsic value.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Lamentations 4:2:
Psalms 19:10
Psalms 31:12
Song of Solomon 5:11
Romans 4:3
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