Lamentations 4:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Now they appear darker than soot; they are not recognised in the streets. Their skin has shrivelled on their bones; it has become dry like wood.

Cross References

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin is as hot  as an oven from the ravages of hunger.

Job 30:30

My skin blackens and flakes off, and my bones burn with fever.

Job 19:20

My skin and my flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.

Nahum 2:10

Desolation, decimation, devastation! Hearts melt, knees tremble, insides churn, every face grows pale!

Joel 2:6

Nations writhe in horror before them; all faces turn pale.

Isaiah 52:14

Just as many were appalled at you   – his appearance was so disfigured that he did not look like a man, and his form did not resemble a human being –

Job 33:21

His flesh wastes away to nothing, and his unseen bones stick out.

Job 2:12

When they looked from a distance, they could barely recognise him. They wept aloud,  and each man tore his robe and threw dust into the air and on his head.

Luke 10:11

“We are wiping off even the dust of your town that clings to our feet as a witness against you.   Know this for certain: The kingdom of God has come near.”