Lamentations 3:4
He hath worn out my flesh and my skin, hath broken my bones;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 again and again, turn his hand all the day.
5He hath built up against me, and carried round me, fortifications and a trench;
Cross References
Job 30:30My skin, turned black, and peeled off me, and, my bones, burned with heat:
Psalms 31:9Show me favour, O Yahweh, for in distress am I,—Wasted with vexation, is mine eye—my soul and my body;
Psalms 38:2For, thine arrows, have sunk down into me, and thy hand, presseth heavily upon me.
Psalms 102:3For, consumed in smoke, are my days, And, my bones, like a burning mass, are scorched through;
Jeremiah 50:17A sheep all alone, is Israel Lions, have driven him away,—At the first, the king of Assyria devoured him, And here, at the last, 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 →