Lamentations 3:4
He has made old my flesh and my skin; he has broken my bones.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
In Context
3Nay, against me has he turned his hand all the day.
5Beth. He has built against me, and compassed my head, and brought travail upon me.
Cross References
Job 30:30And my skin has been greatly blackened, and my bones are burned with heat.
Psalms 31:9Be ye not as horse and mule, which have no understanding: + 31:9 See Alex. ἄγξεις. but thou must constrain their jaws with bit and curb, lest they should come nigh to thee.
Psalms 38:2I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I set a guard on my mouth, while the sinner stood in my presence.
Psalms 102:3who forgives all thy transgressions, who heals all thy diseases;
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 →