אֵיכָה֙ יוּעַ֣ם זָהָ֔ב יִשְׁנֶ֖א הַכֶּ֣תֶם הַטּ֑וֹב תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֙כְנָה֙ אַבְנֵי־קֹ֔דֶשׁ בְּרֹ֖אשׁ כָּל־חוּצֽוֹת׃ (ס)
Ay, paanong lumamlam ang ginto, nagbago ang pinakamainam na dalisay na ginto! Ang mga banal na bato ay nakakalat sa bawat panulukan ng mga lansangan.
Rashi
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
Paled. Dimmed, as in “כֵּהָה”3Vayikra 13:6. which is rendered [by the Targum as] עַמְיָא [=dimmed].
Rashi
Golden. The appearance of a face that shines like gold.
Rashi
Jewel. A collection of beautiful gold articles used as ornaments is called כֶּתֶם.
Rashi
Sacred gems. Children who shine like precious stones. But the Midrash Aggadah [states that “sacred gems are spilled refers to], every fourth-part [=רְבִיעִית of blood that Yoshiyahu shed with each arrow that they thrust into him, Yirmiyahu buried in its place [i.e., where it spilled]. Concerning it he called out, “sacred gems are spilled.”