Lamentations 3:4 (WEB)

Passage

He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:2 He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.

Lamentations 3:3 Surely he turns his hand against me again and again all day long.

Lamentations 3:4 He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.

Lamentations 3:5 He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

Lamentations 3:6 He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "flesh", "skin", "broken", and "bones". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "flesh" and "skin", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "Surely he turns his hand against me..." into verse 5's "He has built against me and surrounded...", so "flesh" and "skin" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "flesh" and "skin" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.