He has made my flesh and my skin waste away; he has broken my bones;
My skin turns black and falls from me, and my bones burn with heat.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;
While I kept silent, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long.
Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have crushed rejoice.
I cry for help until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones; from day to night you bring me to an end.
Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured it, and now at the end King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon has gnawed its bones.