Lamentations 4:8
The Scripture
(8) Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
In this chapter the people of Jerusalem are overwhelmed by grief as the city faces imminent destruction and the king is taken captive. The text records their lamentation and God’s promise that He will bring them back from the valley of the shadow of death. It emphasizes the pain of loss and the hope of future restoration.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lamentations 5:10Job 30:17Job 30:18Job 30:19Job 30:30Joel 2:6Nahum 2:10Lamentations 4:1Lamentations 4:2Ruth 1:19Ruth 1:20Job 2:12
Related verses (shared words)
Jeremiah 8:1II Samuel 21:13II Kings 23:18Job 19:20Ezekiel 37:16Ezekiel 37:19