אֵיכָה֙ יוּעַ֣ם זָהָ֔ב יִשְׁנֶ֖א הַכֶּ֣תֶם הַטּ֑וֹב תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֙כְנָה֙ אַבְנֵי־קֹ֔דֶשׁ בְּרֹ֖אשׁ כָּל־חוּצֽוֹת׃ (ס)
How is the gold become dim! How is the most fine gold changed! The hallowed stones are poured out At the head of every street.
Rashi on Lamentations
How can it be that the golden glow has paled. This elegy was pronounced over Yoshiyahu,1Who was killed in a battle with Pharaoh Necho. as it is stated in Divrei Hayomim, “Behold it is written in the Book of Lamentations,”2II Divrei Hayomim 35:25. and with it he joined, in the midst of the elegy, the rest of the children of Tzion.
Rashi on Lamentations
Paled. Dimmed, as in “כֵּהָה”3Vayikra 13:6. which is rendered [by the Targum as] עַמְיָא [=dimmed].
Rashi on Lamentations
Golden. The appearance of a face that shines like gold.