Lamentations 5:10

Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

King James Version
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Other Translations for Lamentations 5:10

BSB
Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
AKJV
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
CPDV
Our skin was burned, as if by an oven, before the face of the tempest of the famine.
ERV
Our skin is black like an oven because of the burning heat of famine.
NHEB
Our skin is hot like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.
SMT
Our skin was scorched as a furnace from the face of the violent heat of famine.

Commentary for Lamentations 5:10

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Barnes’ Notes Classic commentary from Albert Barnes Matthew Henry Commentary Classic commentary from Matthew Henry
Overview of Lamentations 5:10
Summary
Extreme famine discolored survivors' skin
Place
Zion
Event
Famine effects visible on bodies
Estimated Time Period
c. 586 BC
Category
Lament