Isaiah 38:13

New English Translation

I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:36

So the prophet said to him, “Because you have disobeyed the Lord, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you.” When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him.

Job 7:6

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle and they come to an end without hope.

Psalm 32:4

For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer. (Selah)

Psalm 39:10

Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!

Psalm 50:22

Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able to rescue you.

Psalm 51:8

Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! May the bones you crushed rejoice!

Psalm 7:2

Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.

Psalm 90:5

You bring their lives to an end and they “fall asleep.” In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up;

Lamentations 3:4

He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.

Daniel 6:24

The king gave another order, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the lions’ den – they, their children, and their wives. They did not even reach the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

Hosea 5:14

I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear them to pieces, then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them!