He has made my flesh and my skin waste away, and 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;
When I declared not my sin, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long.
Fill me with joy and gladness; let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice.
I cry for help until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones; from day to night thou dost bring me to an end.
“Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has gnawed his bones.