InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Lam C1 C2 C3 C5
Lam 4 V1 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Zion
OET-LV The_children_of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) (the)_precious who_were_weighed with_(the)_gold how they_are_considered to_jars_of earthenware the_work_of the_hands_of a_potter.
OET (OET-RV) The precious sons of Tsiyon (Zion) were once comparable with fine gold.
⇔ Now they’re regarded as clay jars—the work of a potter’s hands.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
בְּנֵ֤י צִיּוֹן֙ הַיְקָרִ֔ים הַמְסֻלָּאִ֖ים בַּפָּ֑ז
(Some words not found in UHB: sons_of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) (the),precious [who,were]_weighed with_(the),gold how regarded to,jars_of earthen work_of hands_of potter's )
Here the writer is speaking as if the people of Jerusalem were precious metal that could be weighed against fine gold. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [The precious sons of Zion, as valuable as fine gold]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
הַמְסֻלָּאִ֖ים בַּפָּ֑ז
(Some words not found in UHB: sons_of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) (the),precious [who,were]_weighed with_(the),gold how regarded to,jars_of earthen work_of hands_of potter's )
The expression weighed against fine gold is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [whose value equaled fine gold]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
אֵיכָ֤ה נֶחְשְׁבוּ֙ לְנִבְלֵי־חֶ֔רֶשׂ
how (Some words not found in UHB: sons_of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) (the),precious [who,were]_weighed with_(the),gold how regarded to,jars_of earthen work_of hands_of potter's )
The point of this comparison is that just as jars of clay are cheap and easily broken, so the sons of Zion are now treated as worthless. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [how people regard them as worthless, like jars of clay]
OET-LV The_children_of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) (the)_precious who_were_weighed with_(the)_gold how they_are_considered to_jars_of earthenware the_work_of the_hands_of a_potter.
OET (OET-RV) The precious sons of Tsiyon (Zion) were once comparable with fine gold.
⇔ Now they’re regarded as clay jars—the work of a potter’s hands.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.