Lamentations 3:16
VAU. And he has broken each one of my teeth; he has fed me with ashes.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
In Context
15HE. He has filled me with bitterness; he has inebriated me with wormwood.
17VAU. And my soul has been driven away from peace; I have forgotten what is good.
Cross References
Job 4:10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of young lions have been worn away.
Psalms 58:6Rise up to meet me, and see: even you, O Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel. Reach out to visit all nations. Do not take pity on all those who work iniquity.
Proverbs 20:17The bread of lies is sweet to a man. But afterwards, his mouth will be filled with pebbles.
Jonah 3:6And word reached the king of Nineveh. And he rose from his throne, and he threw off his robe from himself and was clothed in sackcloth, and he sat in ashes.
Luke 11:11So then, who among you, if he asks his father for bread, he would give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he would give him a serpent, instead of a fish?
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 →