Lamentations 3:4
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
In Context
3Yea, against me doth he again and again turn his hand all the day long.
5He hath builded against me, and encompassed me with bitterness and woe.
Cross References
Job 30:30My skin is black, and falleth from me, And my bones burn with heat.
Psalms 31:9Have mercy upon me, O LORD! for I am in trouble! My face is consumed with grief; Yea, my spirit and my body.
Psalms 38:2For thine arrows have deeply pierced me, And thy hand hath been heavy upon me.
Psalms 102:3For my life is consumed like smoke, And my bones burn like a brand.
Jeremiah 50:17Israel hath been like scattered sheep, Which the lions have driven away; First the king of Assyria devoured him, And last, this Nebuchadnezzar, the 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 →