Lamentations 3:4
My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
In Context
3Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all the day.
5He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.
Cross References
Job 30:30My skin is black and dropping off me; and my bones are burning with the heat of my disease.
Psalms 31:9\31:8\And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.
Psalms 38:2\38:1\O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.
Psalms 102:3\102:2\Let not your face be veiled from me in the day of my trouble; give ear to me, and let my cry be answered quickly.
Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a wandering sheep; the lions have been driving him away: first he was attacked by the king of Assyria, and now his bones have been broken by Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:2-21
The Prophet's Personal Affliction. ( b. c. 588.) 1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath… Read the whole commentary →