Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger. New Living Translation The famine has blackened our skin as though baked in an oven. English Standard Version Our skin is hot as an oven with the burning heat of famine. Berean Standard Bible Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger. King James Bible Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. New King James Version Our skin is hot as an oven, Because of the fever of famine. New American Standard Bible Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the ravages of hunger. NASB 1995 Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine. NASB 1977 Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine. Legacy Standard Bible Our skin has become as hot as an oven Because of the burning heat of famine. Amplified Bible Our skin is as hot as [the heat of] an oven Because of the burning heat of [the fever of] famine. Christian Standard Bible Our skin is as hot as an oven from the ravages of hunger. Holman Christian Standard Bible Our skin is as hot as an oven from the ravages of hunger. American Standard Version Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine. Contemporary English Version Our skin is scorched from fever and hunger. English Revised Version Our skin is black like an oven because of the burning heat of famine. GOD'S WORD® Translation Our skin is as hot as an oven from the burning heat of starvation. Good News Translation Hunger has made us burn with fever until our skin is as hot as an oven. International Standard Version Our skin blisters as from an oven, due to ravaging blasts of the famine. NET Bible Our skin is hot as an oven due to a fever from hunger. New Heart English Bible Our skin is hot like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine. Webster's Bible Translation Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleOur skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger. World English Bible Our skin is black like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionOur skin as an oven has been burning, "" Because of the raging of the famine. Young's Literal Translation Our skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine. Smith's Literal Translation Our skin was scorched as a furnace from the face of the violent heat of famine. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleOur skin was burnt as an oven, by reason of the violence of the famine. Catholic Public Domain Version Our skin was burned, as if by an oven, before the face of the tempest of the famine. New American Bible Our skin heats up like an oven, from the searing blasts of famine. New Revised Standard Version Our skin is black as an oven from the scorching heat of famine. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleOur skin has shriveled as though burned in an oven because of the suffering of famine. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Our skins were burned as by a furnace and they became pale in the wretchedness of famine OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Our skin is hot like an oven Because of the burning heat of famine. Brenton Septuagint Translation Our skin is blackened like an oven; they are convulsed, because of the storms of famine. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Prayer for Restoration…9We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness. 10Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger. 11Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.… Cross References Job 30:30 My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever. Psalm 119:83 Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes. Jeremiah 14:2 “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. Jeremiah 8:21 For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me. Isaiah 24:6 Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive. Deuteronomy 28:22 The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish. Joel 1:19-20 To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field. / Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures. Ezekiel 24:23 Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves. Isaiah 42:25 So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart. Isaiah 3:24 Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame. Revelation 16:8-9 Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire. / And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues. Yet they did not repent and give Him glory. Matthew 24:7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven. Mark 13:8 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains. Revelation 6:8 Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth. Treasury of Scripture Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. skin Lamentations 3:4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. Lamentations 4:8 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. Job 30:30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. Jump to Previous Black Burning Famine Feverish Food Heat Heated Hot Hunger Need Oven Raging Skin TerribleJump to Next Black Burning Famine Feverish Food Heat Heated Hot Hunger Need Oven Raging Skin TerribleLamentations 5 1. A complaint of Zion in prayer unto God.Our skin is as hot as an oven This phrase vividly describes the physical suffering and intense heat experienced by the people. In the context of Lamentations, this imagery reflects the dire conditions during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem. The heat of an oven symbolizes extreme discomfort and distress, possibly indicating fever or inflammation due to malnutrition and dehydration. The metaphor of an oven is also used elsewhere in Scripture to describe intense heat or judgment, such as in Hosea 7:4-7, where it symbolizes the burning passion and corruption of Israel. with fever from our hunger Persons / Places / Events 1. Jeremiah- Traditionally attributed as the author of Lamentations, Jeremiah is known as the "weeping prophet." He laments the destruction of Jerusalem and the suffering of its people. 2. Jerusalem - The city that has been destroyed by the Babylonians, leading to the suffering and lamentation described in the book. 3. Babylonian Exile - The event during which the people of Judah were taken captive by the Babylonians, resulting in the desolation and famine described in Lamentations. 4. Famine - A severe lack of food that has caused extreme suffering and is metaphorically described as causing the skin to be "as hot as an oven." 5. The People of Judah - The community experiencing the consequences of their disobedience to God, leading to their suffering and exile. Teaching Points The Consequences of DisobedienceThe suffering described in Lamentations 5:10 is a direct result of the people's disobedience to God. This serves as a reminder of the serious consequences that can follow when we turn away from God's commands. The Reality of Suffering The vivid imagery of skin as hot as an oven due to famine illustrates the intense suffering experienced by the people. It reminds us that suffering is a real and painful part of the human experience. The Call to Repentance The lamentations of Jeremiah call the people to recognize their sin and turn back to God. In our own lives, we are called to examine our hearts and repent of any disobedience. Hope in God's Faithfulness Despite the dire circumstances, the book of Lamentations ultimately points to the hope found in God's faithfulness and mercy. We are encouraged to trust in God's promises even in times of suffering. Empathy and Compassion Understanding the depth of suffering described in Lamentations can cultivate empathy and compassion in us for those who are experiencing similar hardships today. Lists and Questions Top 10 Lessons from Lamentations 5What do colors symbolize in the Bible? (Lamentations 4:10) Is the claim that mothers cooked their children historically accurate or a hyperbolic contradiction of a loving God? In Ezekiel 5:10, how can extreme acts like cannibalism be historically verified or reconciled with known records of siege conditions? Psalm 6:5 - How does the statement 'in death there is no remembrance of you' align with later teachings on the afterlife or resurrection?(10) Our skin was black . . .-Better, fiery red, and for "terrible famine," the fever-blast of famine. The words paint the hot fever of hunger rather than the livid paleness of exhaustion.Verse 10. - Was black like an oven. The translation is misleading; there is no real parallel to Lamentations 4:8. Render, gloweth. It is the feverish glow produced by gnawing hunger which is meant. The terrible famine; rather, the burning heat of hunger. Hariri, the humoristic author of the cycle of stories in rhymed Arabic prose and verse, called 'Makamat,' puts into the mouth of his ne'er do well Abu Seid very similar words to describe a famished man - "Dess Eingeweide brennend nach Erquickung sehrein, Hebrew Our skinעוֹרֵ֙נוּ֙ (‘ō·w·rê·nū) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 5785: Skin, hide, leather is as hot נִכְמָ֔רוּ (niḵ·mā·rū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3648: To intertwine, contract, to shrivel, to be deeply affected with passion as an oven כְּתַנּ֣וּר (kə·ṯan·nūr) Preposition-k | Noun - common singular Strong's 8574: (portable) stove, firepot because of מִפְּנֵ֖י (mip·pə·nê) Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face the burning זַלְעֲפ֥וֹת (zal·‘ă·p̄ō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 2152: A glow, a famine of famine. רָעָֽב׃ (rā·‘āḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7458: Famine, hunger Links Lamentations 5:10 NIVLamentations 5:10 NLT Lamentations 5:10 ESV Lamentations 5:10 NASB Lamentations 5:10 KJV Lamentations 5:10 BibleApps.com Lamentations 5:10 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 5:10 Chinese Bible Lamentations 5:10 French Bible Lamentations 5:10 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 5:10 Our skin is black like an oven (Lam. 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