Lamentations 4:8

But now they look blacker than soot; no one recognizes them in the street. Their skin has shrunk to their bones and is as dry as wood.

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In The King James Version

Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

In Context

7Her leaders were purer than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were a healthier red than coral, and they shone like lapis lazuli.

9Those killed by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who slowly waste away in agony because the fields produce no crops.

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Cross References

Job 2:12When they saw Job from a distance they hardly recognized him. They broke out into loud wailing, tore their robes, and threw dust into the air over their heads.

Job 30:17At night my bones are in agony; the pain gnaws at me and never stops.

Job 33:21Their flesh wastes away to nothing; all that's left is skin and bones.

Psalms 38:3Because you're so upset with me, not a single part of my body is healthy; I am completely sick because of my sins.

Psalms 102:11My life is fading away like a shadow that lengthens—I'm withering away like grass.

Isaiah 52:14But many were horrified by him, so disfigured in appearance, no longer looking like a man, so unlike anyone human.

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 4:2-13

Desolate Condition of Jerusalem; Effects of Famine in Jerusalem; Destruction of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 588.) 1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. 2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! 3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches… Read the whole commentary →

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