Lamentations 3:4
He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
In Context
3Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day.
5He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.
Cross References
Job 30:30My skin hath been black upon me, And my bone hath burned from heat,
Psalms 31:9Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress [is] to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.
Psalms 38:2For Thine arrows have come down on me, And Thou lettest down upon me Thy hand.
Psalms 102:3For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.
Jeremiah 50:17A scattered sheep is Israel, lions have driven away, At first, devour him did the king of Asshur, And now, at last, broken his bone Hath Nebuchadrezzar 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 →