Lamentations 4:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

ח(Khet) Now their appearance is darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it is dried up, like tree bark.

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  • Job 30:30 : 30 My skin has turned dark on me; my body is hot with fever.
  • Ps 102:3-5 : 3 For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace. 4 My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food. 5 Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.
  • Lam 5:10 : 10 Our skin is hot as an oven due to a fever from hunger.
  • Ps 119:83 : 83 For I am like a wineskin dried up in smoke. I do not forget your statutes.
  • Job 19:20 : 20 My bones stick to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth.
  • Job 30:17-19 : 17 Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never cease. 18 With great power God grasps my clothing; he binds me like the collar of my tunic. 19 He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.
  • Ruth 1:19-20 : 19 So the two of them journeyed together until they arrived in Bethlehem. Naomi and Ruth Arrive in BethlehemWhen they entered Bethlehem, the whole village was excited about their arrival. The women of the village said,“Can this be Naomi?” 20 But she replied to them,“Don’t call me‘Naomi’! Call me‘Mara’ because the Sovereign One has treated me very harshly.
  • Job 2:12 : 12 But when they gazed intently from a distance but did not recognize him, they began to weep loudly. Each of them tore his robes, and they threw dust into the air over their heads.
  • Job 33:21 : 21 His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible.
  • Ps 32:4 : 4 For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer.(Selah)
  • Ps 38:3 : 3 My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin.
  • Isa 52:14 : 14 (just as many were horrified by the sight of you) he was so disfigured he no longer looked like a man; his form was so marred he no longer looked human–
  • Lam 4:1-2 : 1 א(Alef)The Prophet Speaks: Alas! Gold has lost its luster; pure gold loses value. Jewels are scattered on every street corner. 2 ב(Bet) The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold– Alas!– but now they are treated like broken clay pots, made by a potter.
  • Ps 102:11 : 11 My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.
  • Joel 2:6 : 6 People writhe in fear when they see them. All of their faces turn pale with fright.
  • Nah 2:10 : 10 Destruction, devastation, and desolation! Hearts faint; knees tremble; every stomach churns, all their faces have turned pale!

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    30My skin has turned dark on me; my body is hot with fever.

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