Lamentations 3:4

New American Bible - revised edition

He has worn away my flesh and my skin, he has broken my bones;

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My blackened skin falls away from me; my very frame is scorched by the heat.

They open their mouths against me, lions that rend and roar.

Because I kept silent, my bones wasted away; I groaned all day long.

Behold, you desire true sincerity; and secretly you teach me wisdom.

I cry out even until the dawn. Like a lion he breaks all my bones; from morning to night you make an end of me.

Israel was a stray sheep that lions pursued; The king of Assyria once devoured him; now Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon gnaws his bones.