Lamentations 3:4
My flesh and my skin hath He worn out; He hath broken my bones.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
In Context
3Surely against me He turneth His hand again and again all the day.
5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
Cross References
Job 30:30My skin is black, and falleth from me, and my bones are burned with heat.
Psalms 31:9(31-10) Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I am in distress; mine eye wasteth away with vexation, yea, my soul and my body.
Psalms 38:2(38-3) For Thine arrows are gone deep into me, and Thy hand is come down upon me.
Psalms 102:3(102-4) For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth.
Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a scattered sheep, the lions have driven him away; first the king of Assyria hath devoured him, and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
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 →