Lamentations 4:8

New Century Version

But now they are blacker than coal, and no one recognizes them in the streets. Their skin hangs on their bones; it is as dry as wood.

Cross References

Job 19:20

I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

Job 2:12

They saw Job from far away, but he looked so different they almost didn’t recognize him. They began to cry loudly and tore their robes and put dirt on their heads to show how sad they were.

Job 30:30

My skin has become black and peels off, as my body burns with fever.

Job 33:21

Their body becomes so thin there is almost nothing left of it, and their bones that were hidden now stick out.

Psalm 102:11

My days are like a passing shadow; I am like dried grass.

Psalm 119:83

Even though I am like a wine bag going up in smoke, I do not forget your demands.

Psalm 32:4

Day and night you punished me. My strength was gone as in the summer heat.Selah

Psalm 38:3

My body is sick from your punishment. Even my bones are not healthy because of my sin.

Isaiah 52:14

Many people were shocked when they saw him. His appearance was so damaged he did not look like a man; his form was so changed they could barely tell he was human.

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin is hot like an oven; we burn with starvation.

Joel 2:6

When they see them, nations shake with fear, and everyone’s face becomes pale.

Nahum 2:10

Nineveh is robbed, ruined, and destroyed. The people lose their courage, and their knees knock. Stomachs ache, and everyone’s face grows pale.

Luke 10:11

‘Even the dirt from your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. But remember that the kingdom of God is near.’