Lamentations 4:8

Their appearance now is darker than soot; 1 they are not recognized in the streets. 1 Their skin has shriveled on their bones; 1 it has become as dry as wood. 1

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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; 1 their bodies were more ruddy than coral, their form was like sapphire. 1

9Those who have been killed by the sword were happier than those killed by hunger, 1 who wasted away, pierced by the lack of any harvest from the field. 1

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Cross References

Job 2:12When they lifted up their eyes at a distance, they did not recognize him. They raised their voices and wept; each tore his robe and threw dust into the air and upon his own head.

Job 30:17In the night my bones in me are pierced; 1 the pains that gnaw at me take no rest. 1

Job 33:21His flesh is consumed away so that it cannot be seen; 1 his bones, once not seen, now stick out. 1

Psalms 38:3My whole body is sick because of your anger; 1 there is no health in my bones because of my sin. 1

Psalms 102:11My days are like a shadow that fades, 1 and I have withered like grass. 1

Isaiah 52:14As many were horrified at you— 1 his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man, and his form no longer looked like anything human. 1

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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