How the gold has become dim! As the most valuable element at the time, gold was used as a symbol for the sons of Zion. In times of faithfulness, the Jews had flourished and shone like gold, but their transgressions turned them dark like something that was completly worthless.

Most of the inhabitants of Judah, who had been attractive, prosperous and healthy, were tragically massacred on the streets during the Babylonian invasion.

those who survived the attacks were captured. Weakened and beaten, they became prisoners in Babylon. And Jerusalem, which head gleamed as gold, was burned and destroyed at the hands of their enemies.