Lamentations 3:4
He made my flesh and my skin waste away; he broke my bones. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
In Context
3Surely he turned his hand against me again and again, the whole day long. 1
5He built up siege works against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. 1
Cross References
Job 30:30My skin is black and falls away from me; 1 my bones are burned with heat. 1
Psalms 31:9Have mercy upon me, Yahweh, for I am in distress; 1 my eyes grow weary with grief with my soul and my body. 1
Psalms 38:2For your arrows pierce me, 1 and your hand presses me down. 1
Psalms 102:3For my days pass away like smoke, 1 and my bones burn like fire. 1
Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a sheep scattered and driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him; 1 then after this, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon broke 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 →