Lamentations 4:8

Good News Translation

Now they lie unknown in the streets, their faces blackened in death; their skin, dry as wood, has shriveled on their bones.

Cross References

Job 19:20

My skin hangs loose on my bones; I have barely escaped with my life.

Job 2:12

While they were still a long way off they saw Job, but did not recognize him. When they did, they began to weep and wail, tearing their clothes in grief and throwing dust into the air and on their heads.

Job 30:30

My skin has turned dark; I am burning with fever.

Job 33:21

Their bodies waste away to nothing; you can see all their bones;

Psalm 102:11

My life is like the evening shadows; I am like dry grass.

Psalm 119:83

I am as useless as a discarded wineskin; yet I have not forgotten your commands.

Psalm 32:4

Day and night you punished me, Lord; my strength was completely drained, as moisture is dried up by the summer heat.

Psalm 38:3

Because of your anger, I am in great pain; my whole body is diseased because of my sins.

Isaiah 52:14

Many people were shocked when they saw him; he was so disfigured that he hardly looked human.

Lamentations 5:10

Hunger has made us burn with fever until our skin is as hot as an oven.

Joel 2:6

As they approach, everyone is terrified; every face turns pale.

Nahum 2:10

Nineveh is destroyed, deserted, desolate! Hearts melt with fear; knees tremble, strength is gone; faces grow pale.

Luke 10:11

‘Even the dust from your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. But remember that the Kingdom of God has come near you!’