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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/lamentations/5.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/lamentations/5.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/lamentations/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The famine has blackened our skin as though baked in an oven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/lamentations/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Our skin is hot as an oven with the burning heat of famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/lamentations/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/lamentations/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/lamentations/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Our skin is hot as an oven, Because of the fever of famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/lamentations/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the ravages of hunger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/lamentations/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/lamentations/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/lamentations/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Our skin has become as hot as an oven Because of the burning heat of famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/lamentations/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Our skin is as hot as [the heat of] an oven Because of the burning heat of [the fever of] famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/lamentations/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Our skin is as hot as an oven from the ravages of hunger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/lamentations/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Our skin is as hot as an oven from the ravages of hunger. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/lamentations/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/lamentations/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Our skin is scorched from fever and hunger. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/lamentations/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Our skin is black like an oven because of the burning heat of famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/lamentations/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Our skin is as hot as an oven from the burning heat of starvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/lamentations/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Hunger has made us burn with fever until our skin is as hot as an oven. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/lamentations/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Our skin blisters as from an oven, due to ravaging blasts of the famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/lamentations/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/lamentations/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Our skin is hot as an oven due to a fever from hunger. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/lamentations/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Our skin is hot like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/lamentations/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/lamentations/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Our skin is black like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/lamentations/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Our skin as an oven has been burning, "" Because of the raging of the famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/lamentations/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Our skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/lamentations/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Our skin was scorched as a furnace from the face of the violent heat of famine.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/lamentations/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Our skin was burnt as an oven, by reason of the violence of the famine. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/lamentations/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Our skin was burned, as if by an oven, before the face of the tempest of the famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/lamentations/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Our skin heats up like an oven, from the searing blasts of famine. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/lamentations/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Our skin is black as an oven from the scorching heat of famine.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/lamentations/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Our skin has shriveled as though burned in an oven because of the suffering of famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/lamentations/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Our skins were burned as by a furnace and they became pale in the wretchedness of famine<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/lamentations/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Our skin is hot like an oven Because of the burning heat of famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/lamentations/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Our skin is blackened like an oven; they are convulsed, because of the storms of famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/lamentations/5-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rKrWuOkEqzQ?start=1365" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/lamentations/5.htm">A Prayer for Restoration</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5785.htm" title="5785: ‘ō·w·rê·nū (N-msc:: 1cp) -- A skin. From uwr; skin; by implication, hide, leather.">Our skin</a> <a href="/hebrew/3648.htm" title="3648: niḵ·mā·rū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to intertwine or contract, i.e. to shrivel; figuratively, to be deeply affected with passion.">is as hot</a> <a href="/hebrew/8574.htm" title="8574: kə·ṯan·nūr (Prep-k:: N-cs) -- (portable) stove, firepot. From niyr; a fire-pot.">as an oven</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pə·nê (Prep-m:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/2152.htm" title="2152: zal·‘ă·p̄ō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- Raging heat. Or ziliaphaph; from za'aph; a glow; also a famine.">fever</a> <a href="/hebrew/7458.htm" title="7458: rā·‘āḇ (N-ms) -- Famine, hunger. From ra'eb; hunger.">from our hunger.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/30-30.htm">Job 30:30</a></span><br />My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-83.htm">Psalm 119:83</a></span><br />Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Jeremiah 14:2</a></span><br />“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/8-21.htm">Jeremiah 8:21</a></span><br />For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-6.htm">Isaiah 24:6</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-19.htm">Joel 1:19-20</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/24-23.htm">Ezekiel 24:23</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-25.htm">Isaiah 42:25</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-24.htm">Isaiah 3:24</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-8.htm">Revelation 16:8-9</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-7.htm">Matthew 24:7</a></span><br />Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-11.htm">Luke 21:11</a></span><br />There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-8.htm">Mark 13:8</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-8.htm">Revelation 6:8</a></span><br />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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.</p><p class="hdg">skin</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/3-4.htm">Lamentations 3:4</a></b></br> My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/4-8.htm">Lamentations 4:8</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/30-30.htm">Job 30:30</a></b></br> My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Black</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-11.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-9.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/acts/28-8.htm">Feverish</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-10.htm">Food</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Heated</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-11.htm">Hot</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-9.htm">Hunger</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-9.htm">Need</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-4.htm">Oven</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-29.htm">Raging</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-8.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-9.htm">Terrible</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/32-7.htm">Black</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-13.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-12.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/acts/28-8.htm">Feverish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-1.htm">Food</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-14.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-11.htm">Heated</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-10.htm">Hot</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-29.htm">Hunger</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-17.htm">Need</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm">Oven</a> <a href="/jonah/1-15.htm">Raging</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-10.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-22.htm">Terrible</a><div class="vheading2">Lamentations 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/lamentations/5-1.htm">A complaint of Zion in prayer unto God.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/lamentations/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/lamentations/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/lamentations/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Our skin is as hot as an oven</b><br>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 <a href="/hosea/7-4.htm">Hosea 7:4-7</a>, where it symbolizes the burning passion and corruption of Israel.<p><b>with fever from our hunger</b><br>The fever mentioned here is a result of severe hunger and starvation. During the Babylonian siege, the inhabitants of Jerusalem faced extreme scarcity of food, leading to malnutrition and disease. This condition is a fulfillment of the curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-48.htm">Deuteronomy 28:48</a>, where God warns of hunger and thirst as consequences of disobedience. The physical affliction described here also serves as a metaphor for spiritual desolation, highlighting the people's desperate need for God's intervention and sustenance. Hunger in the Bible often symbolizes a deeper spiritual longing, as seen in Jesus' teaching in <a href="/matthew/5-6.htm">Matthew 5:6</a>, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled."<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>- 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.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>- The city that has been destroyed by the Babylonians, leading to the suffering and lamentation described in the book.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>- The event during which the people of Judah were taken captive by the Babylonians, resulting in the desolation and famine described in Lamentations.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/f/famine.htm">Famine</a></b><br>- 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."<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a></b><br>- The community experiencing the consequences of their disobedience to God, leading to their suffering and exile.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The suffering described in <a href="/lamentations/5-10.htm">Lamentations 5:10</a> 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.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_suffering.htm">The Reality of Suffering</a></b><br>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.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>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.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_faithfulness.htm">Hope in God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>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.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/empathy_and_compassion.htm">Empathy and Compassion</a></b><br>Understanding the depth of suffering described in Lamentations can cultivate empathy and compassion in us for those who are experiencing similar hardships today.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_lamentations_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Lamentations 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_do_colors_symbolize_in_the_bible.htm">What do colors symbolize in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_lamentations_4_10_literal_or_hyperbole.htm">(Lamentations 4:10) Is the claim that mothers cooked their children historically accurate or a hyperbolic contradiction of a loving God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_cannibalism_in_ezekiel_5_10_verified.htm">In Ezekiel 5:10, how can extreme acts like cannibalism be historically verified or reconciled with known records of siege conditions?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_6_5_align_with_afterlife.htm">Psalm 6:5 - How does the statement 'in death there is no remembrance of you' align with later teachings on the afterlife or resurrection?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/lamentations/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">Our skin was black . . .</span>-Better, <span class= "ital">fiery red, </span>and for "terrible famine," <span class= "ital">the fever-blast of famine. </span>The words paint the hot fever of hunger rather than the livid paleness of exhaustion.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/lamentations/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Was black like an oven.</span> The translation is misleading; there is no real parallel to <a href="/lamentations/4-8.htm">Lamentations 4:8</a>. Render, <span class="accented">gloweth.</span> It is the feverish glow produced by gnawing hunger which is meant. <span class="cmt_word">The terrible famine;</span> rather, <span class="accented">the burning heat of hunger.</span> 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 - <p><span class="accented">"Dess Eingeweide brennend nach Erquickung sehrein,<br />Der nichts gegessen seit zwei Tagen oder drein."</span><br /><br />(<span class="note_acc">Ruckert's adaptation, third Makama.</span>) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/lamentations/5-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Our skin</span><br /><span class="heb">עוֹרֵ֙נוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·w·rê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5785.htm">Strong's 5785: </a> </span><span class="str2">Skin, hide, leather</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is as hot</span><br /><span class="heb">נִכְמָ֔רוּ</span> <span class="translit">(niḵ·mā·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3648.htm">Strong's 3648: </a> </span><span class="str2">To intertwine, contract, to shrivel, to be deeply affected with passion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as an oven</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּתַנּ֣וּר</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ṯan·nūr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8574.htm">Strong's 8574: </a> </span><span class="str2">(portable) stove, firepot</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because of</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפְּנֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(mip·pə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the burning</span><br /><span class="heb">זַלְעֲפ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(zal·‘ă·p̄ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2152.htm">Strong's 2152: </a> </span><span class="str2">A glow, a famine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of famine.</span><br /><span class="heb">רָעָֽב׃</span> <span class="translit">(rā·‘āḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7458.htm">Strong's 7458: </a> </span><span class="str2">Famine, hunger</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/lamentations/5-10.htm">Lamentations 5:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/lamentations/5-10.htm">Lamentations 5:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/lamentations/5-10.htm">Lamentations 5:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/lamentations/5-10.htm">Lamentations 5:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/lamentations/5-10.htm">Lamentations 5:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/lamentations/5-10.htm">Lamentations 5:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/lamentations/5-10.htm">Lamentations 5:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/lamentations/5-10.htm">Lamentations 5:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/lamentations/5-10.htm">Lamentations 5:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/lamentations/5-10.htm">Lamentations 5:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/lamentations/5-10.htm">OT Prophets: Lamentations 5:10 Our skin is black like an oven (Lam. 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