Lamentations 4:8


Their appearance is [now] blacker than soot [because of the prolonged famine];
They are not recognized in the streets;
Their skin clings to their bones;
It is withered, and it has become [dry] like wood.

Job 30:30


“My skin falls from me in blackened flakes,
And my bones are burned with fever.

Psalm 102:3-5


For my days have vanished in smoke,
And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.

Lamentations 5:10


Our skin is as hot as [the heat of] an oven
Because of the burning heat of [the fever of] famine.

Job 19:20


“My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh,
And I have escaped [death] by the skin of my teeth.

Psalm 119:83


For I have become like a wineskin [blackened and shriveled] in the smoke [in which it hangs],
Yet I do not forget Your statutes.

Ruth 1:19-20

So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole city was stirred because of them, and the women asked, “Is this Naomi?”

Job 2:12

When they looked from a distance and did not recognize him [because of his disfigurement], they raised their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe [in grief] and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky [in sorrow].

Job 30:17-19


“My bones are pierced [with aching] in the night season,
And the pains that gnaw me take no rest.

Job 33:21


“His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen,
And his bones which were not seen now stick out.

Psalm 32:4


For day and night Your hand [of displeasure] was heavy upon me;
My energy (vitality, strength) was drained away as with the burning heat of summer. Selah.

Psalm 38:3


There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation;
There is no health in my bones because of my sin.

Psalm 102:11


My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun];
And as for me, I wither away like grass.

Isaiah 52:14


Just as many were astonished and appalled at you, My people,
So His appearance was marred more than any man
And His form [marred] more than the sons of men.

Lamentations 4:1-2

How dark and dim the gold has become,
How the pure gold has changed!
The sacred stones [of the temple] are poured out and scattered
At the head of every street.

Joel 2:6


Before them the people are in anguish;
All faces become pale [with terror].

Nahum 2:10


She is emptied! She is desolate and waste!
Hearts melting [in fear] and knees knocking!
Anguish is in the whole body,
And the faces of all grow pale!

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

Visage

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin is as hot as [the heat of] an oven
Because of the burning heat of [the fever of] famine.
Job 30:17

“My bones are pierced [with aching] in the night season,
And the pains that gnaw me take no rest.
Joel 2:6

Before them the people are in anguish;
All faces become pale [with terror].
Nahum 2:10

She is emptied! She is desolate and waste!
Hearts melting [in fear] and knees knocking!
Anguish is in the whole body,
And the faces of all grow pale!

Their skin

Job 19:20

“My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh,
And I have escaped [death] by the skin of my teeth.
Job 33:21

“His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen,
And his bones which were not seen now stick out.
Psalm 32:4

For day and night Your hand [of displeasure] was heavy upon me;
My energy (vitality, strength) was drained away as with the burning heat of summer. Selah.
Psalm 38:3

There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation;
There is no health in my bones because of my sin.
Psalm 102:3

For my days have vanished in smoke,
And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
Psalm 119:83

For I have become like a wineskin [blackened and shriveled] in the smoke [in which it hangs],
Yet I do not forget Your statutes.