Lamentations 4:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 4:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 4:8 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is wither..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 4:8 — KJV
“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. blacker...: Heb. darker than blackness”
— Lamentations 4:8 (KJV)
Lamentations 4:8 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 4:8
“I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. I am not...: Heb. I am less than all”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:8: than, become, heb
“And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. multitude: Heb. fulness”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:8: than, become, heb
“And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so. that thou...: Heb. that was fallen”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:8: than, like, heb
“So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. life: Heb. bones”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:8: than, bones, heb
“Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. fenced: Heb. hedged”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 4:8: skin, bones, heb
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