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Thursday, July 17th, 2025
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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THE MESSAGE
Lamentations 3:4
He turned me into a scarecrow of skin and bones, then broke the bones. He hemmed me in, ganged up on me, poured on the trouble and hard times. He locked me up in deep darkness, like a corpse nailed inside a coffin.
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Christian Standard Bible®
He has worn away my flesh and skin;he has broken my bones.
He has worn away my flesh and skin;he has broken my bones.
Hebrew Names Version
My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones.
King James Version
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
English Standard Version
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away; he has broken my bones;
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away; he has broken my bones;
New American Standard Bible
He has consumed my flesh and my skin, He has broken my bones.
He has consumed my flesh and my skin, He has broken my bones.
New Century Version
He wore out my flesh and skin and broke my bones.
He wore out my flesh and skin and broke my bones.
Amplified Bible
He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away; He has shattered my bones.
He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away; He has shattered my bones.
World English Bible
My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones.
Geneva Bible (1587)
My flesh and my skinne hath he caused to waxe olde, and he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skinne hath he caused to waxe olde, and he hath broken my bones.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away, He has broken my bones.
He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away, He has broken my bones.
Legacy Standard Bible
He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away;He has broken my bones.
He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away;He has broken my bones.
Berean Standard Bible
He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
Contemporary English Version
God caused my skin and flesh to waste away, and he crushed my bones.
God caused my skin and flesh to waste away, and he crushed my bones.
Complete Jewish Bible
He has worn away my skin and flesh, he has broken my bones.
He has worn away my skin and flesh, he has broken my bones.
Darby Translation
My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.
Easy-to-Read Version
He wore out my flesh and skin. He broke my bones.
He wore out my flesh and skin. He broke my bones.
George Lamsa Translation
My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.
Good News Translation
He has left my flesh open and raw, and has broken my bones.
He has left my flesh open and raw, and has broken my bones.
Lexham English Bible
He has worn out my flesh and skin, he has broken my bones.
He has worn out my flesh and skin, he has broken my bones.
Literal Translation
He has wasted my flesh and my skin. He has shattered my bones.
He has wasted my flesh and my skin. He has shattered my bones.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
My flesh & my skynne hath he made olde, and my bones hath he brussed.
My flesh & my skynne hath he made olde, and my bones hath he brussed.
American Standard Version
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Bible in Basic English
My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.
My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
My flesh and my skin hath He worn out; He hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath He worn out; He hath broken my bones.
King James Version (1611)
My flesh and my skinne hath he made old, he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skinne hath he made old, he hath broken my bones.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
My flesh and my skinne hath he made olde, and my bones hath he bruised.
My flesh and my skinne hath he made olde, and my bones hath he bruised.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He has made old my flesh and my skin; he has broken my bones.
He has made old my flesh and my skin; he has broken my bones.
English Revised Version
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Beth. He made eld my skyn, and my fleisch; he al to-brak my boonys.
Beth. He made eld my skyn, and my fleisch; he al to-brak my boonys.
Update Bible Version
My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.
Webster's Bible Translation
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
New English Translation
ב (Bet)
He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.New King James Version
He has aged my flesh and my skin, And broken my bones.
He has aged my flesh and my skin, And broken my bones.
New Living Translation
He has made my skin and flesh grow old. He has broken my bones.
He has made my skin and flesh grow old. He has broken my bones.
New Life Bible
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away. He has broken my bones.
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away. He has broken my bones.
New Revised Standard
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away, and broken my bones;
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away, and broken my bones;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He hath worn out my flesh and my skin, hath broken my bones;
He hath worn out my flesh and my skin, hath broken my bones;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Beth. My skin and my flesh he hath made old, he hath broken my bones.
Beth. My skin and my flesh he hath made old, he hath broken my bones.
Revised Standard Version
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away, and broken my bones;
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away, and broken my bones;
Young's Literal Translation
He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.
He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.
Contextual Overview
1 I'm the man who has seen trouble, trouble coming from the lash of God 's anger. He took me by the hand and walked me into pitch-black darkness. Yes, he's given me the back of his hand over and over and over again. 4He turned me into a scarecrow of skin and bones, then broke the bones. He hemmed me in, ganged up on me, poured on the trouble and hard times. He locked me up in deep darkness, like a corpse nailed inside a coffin. 7He shuts me in so I'll never get out, manacles my hands, shackles my feet. Even when I cry out and plead for help, he locks up my prayers and throws away the key. He sets up blockades with quarried limestone. He's got me cornered. 10He's a prowling bear tracking me down, a lion in hiding ready to pounce. He knocked me from the path and ripped me to pieces. When he finished, there was nothing left of me. He took out his bow and arrows and used me for target practice. 13He shot me in the stomach with arrows from his quiver. Everyone took me for a joke, made me the butt of their mocking ballads. He forced rotten, stinking food down my throat, bloated me with vile drinks. 16He ground my face into the gravel. He pounded me into the mud. I gave up on life altogether. I've forgotten what the good life is like. I said to myself, "This is it. I'm finished. God is a lost cause." 19I'll never forget the trouble, the utter lostness, the taste of ashes, the poison I've swallowed. I remember it all—oh, how well I remember— the feeling of hitting the bottom. But there's one other thing I remember, and remembering, I keep a grip on hope:
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
My flesh: Job 16:8, Job 16:9, Psalms 31:9, Psalms 31:10, Psalms 32:3, Psalms 38:2-8, Psalms 102:3-5
he hath: Psalms 22:14, Psalms 51:8, Isaiah 38:13, Jeremiah 50:17
Reciprocal: Job 16:12 - broken me Job 19:20 - and I am Job 30:30 - my skin Lamentations 5:10 - skin
Cross-References
Genesis 3:13
"The serpent seduced me," she said, "and I ate."
"The serpent seduced me," she said, "and I ate."
2 Kings 1:6
They told him, "A man met us and said, ‘Turn around and go back to the king who sent you; tell him, God 's message: Is it because there's no God in Israel that you're running off to consult Baal-Zebub god of Ekron? You needn't bother. You're not going to get out of that bed you're in—you're as good as dead already.'"
They told him, "A man met us and said, ‘Turn around and go back to the king who sent you; tell him, God 's message: Is it because there's no God in Israel that you're running off to consult Baal-Zebub god of Ekron? You needn't bother. You're not going to get out of that bed you're in—you're as good as dead already.'"
2 Kings 1:16
Elijah told him, " God 's word: Because you sent messengers to consult Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron, as if there were no God in Israel to whom you could pray, you'll never get out of that bed alive—already you're as good as dead."
Elijah told him, " God 's word: Because you sent messengers to consult Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron, as if there were no God in Israel to whom you could pray, you'll never get out of that bed alive—already you're as good as dead."
2 Kings 8:10
Elisha answered, "Go and tell him, ‘Don't worry; you'll live.' The fact is, though— God showed me—that he's doomed to die." Elisha then stared hard at Hazael, reading his heart. Hazael felt exposed and dropped his eyes. Then the Holy Man wept.
Elisha answered, "Go and tell him, ‘Don't worry; you'll live.' The fact is, though— God showed me—that he's doomed to die." Elisha then stared hard at Hazael, reading his heart. Hazael felt exposed and dropped his eyes. Then the Holy Man wept.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
My flesh and my skin hath he made old,.... His flesh with blows, and his skin with smiting, as the Targum; his flesh was so emaciated, and his skin so withered and wrinkled, that he looked like an old man; as our Lord, when little more than thirty years of age, what with his sorrows and troubles, looked like one about fifty:
he hath broken my bones; that is, his strength was greatly weakened, which lay in his bones; and he could not stir to help himself, any more than a man whose bones are broken; and was in as much pain and distress as if this had been his case; otherwise it was not literally true, either of the Jews, or of Jeremiah, or of Christ.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Made old - Or, wasted: his strength slowly wasted as he pined away in sorrow.
He hath broken my bones - This clause completes the representation of the sufferer’s physical agonies. Here the idea is that of acute pain.
