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Lamentations 5:10

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

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

Lamentations 5:10 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Lamentations 5:10

Theological / Devotional

Was black. Literally, “grew hot.” A graphic figure representing the fever that was brought on by the terrible famine of Jerusalem’s final siege (see chs. 2:20; 4:10).

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