Lamentations 3:16
By him my teeth have been broken with crushed stones, and I am bent low in the dust.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
In Context
15He has made my life nothing but pain, he has given me the bitter root in full measure.
17My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good.
Cross References
Job 4:10Though the noise of the lion and the sounding of his voice, may be loud, the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Psalms 58:6\58:5\Who will not be moved by the voice of the wonder-worker, however great are his powers.
Proverbs 20:17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.
Jonah 3:6And the word came to the king of Nineveh, and he got up from his seat of authority, and took off his robe, and covering himself with haircloth, took his seat in the dust.
Luke 11:11And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:2-21
The Prophet's Personal Affliction. ( b. c. 588.) 1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath… Read the whole commentary →