Lamentations 3:4
He hath caused my flesh and my skin to wear out, he hath broken my bones.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
In Context
3Surely against me doth he turn again and again his hand all the day.
5He hath built around me, and encompassed me with poison and hardship.
Cross References
Job 30:30My skin hangeth down black from me, and my bones are burnt from heat.
Psalms 31:9(31:10) Be gracious unto me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is consumed through vexation—my soul [too] and my body.
Psalms 38:2(38:3) For thy arrows have penetrated into me, and thy hand presseth down upon me.
Psalms 102:3(102:4) For my days vanish in smoke, and my bones are burning like a hearth.
Jeremiah 50:17A scattered lamb is Israel; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria devoured him; and this last one broke his bones, [even] Nebuchadrezzar the 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 →