Lamentations 3:4
Lamentations · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.”Lamentations 3:4
What Does Lamentations 3:4 Mean?
Lamentations 3:4 is found in the book of Lamentations, chapter 3, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 13 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (13)
These passages are connected to Lamentations 3:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 51:8“Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.”Isaiah 38:13“I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.”Job 16:12“I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.”Psalms 31:9“Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.”Psalms 38:2“For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.”Jeremiah 50:17“Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.”Psalms 102:3“For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.”Job 16:8“And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.”Job 19:20“My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.”Job 30:30“My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.”Psalms 22:14“I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.”Psalms 32:3“When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.”Lamentations 5:10“Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.”
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