Lamentations 4:8
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8 Now their appearance is blacker than soot;
They go unrecognized in the streets;
(A)Their skin clings to their bones,
It has become as dry as wood.
Lamentations 5:10
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10 Our skin is hot as an oven,
Because of the fever of famine.
Psalm 102:3-5
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3 For my days [a]are (A)consumed like smoke,
And my bones are burned like a hearth.
4 My heart is stricken and withered like grass,
So that I forget to eat my bread.
5 Because of the sound of my groaning
My bones cling to my [b]skin.
Footnotes
- Psalm 102:3 Lit. end in
- Psalm 102:5 flesh
Job 30:30
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Psalm 119:83
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83 For (A)I have become like a wineskin in smoke,
Yet I do not forget Your statutes.
Job 19:20
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20 (A)My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh,
And I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
Nahum 2:10
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10 She is empty, desolate, and waste!
The heart melts, and the knees shake;
Much pain is in every side,
And all their faces [a]are drained of color.
Footnotes
- Nahum 2:10 LXX, Tg., Vg. gather blackness; Joel 2:6
Joel 2:6
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Footnotes
- Joel 2:6 LXX, Tg., Vg. gather blackness
Lamentations 4:1-2
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The Degradation of Zion
4 How the gold has become dim!
How changed the fine gold!
The stones of the sanctuary are [a]scattered
At the head of every street.
2 The precious sons of Zion,
[b]Valuable as fine gold,
How they are [c]regarded (A)as clay pots,
The work of the hands of the potter!
Footnotes
- Lamentations 4:1 Lit. poured out
- Lamentations 4:2 Lit. Weighed against
- Lamentations 4:2 reckoned
Isaiah 52:14
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14 Just as many were astonished at you,
So His (A)visage[a] was marred more than any man,
And His form more than the sons of men;
Footnotes
- Isaiah 52:14 appearance
Psalm 102:11
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11 My days are like a shadow that lengthens,
And I wither away like grass.
Psalm 38:3
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3 There is no soundness in my flesh
Because of Your anger,
Nor any health in my bones
Because of my sin.
Psalm 32:4
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4 For day and night Your (A)hand was heavy upon me;
My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah
Job 33:21
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21 His flesh wastes away from sight,
And his bones stick out which once were not seen.
Job 30:17-19
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17 My bones are pierced in me at night,
And my gnawing pains take no rest.
18 By great force my garment is disfigured;
It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
19 He has cast me into the mire,
And I have become like dust and ashes.
Job 2:12
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12 And when they raised their eyes from afar, and did not recognize him, they lifted their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe and (A)sprinkled dust on his head toward heaven.
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Ruth 1:19-20
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19 Now the two of them went until they came to Bethlehem. And it happened, when they had come to Bethlehem, that (A)all the city was excited because of them; and the women said, (B)“Is this Naomi?”
20 But she said to them, “Do not call me [a]Naomi; call me [b]Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
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