Lamentations 3:15
He. He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath inebriated me with wormwood.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
In Context
14He. I am made a derision to all my people, their song all the day long.
16Vau. And he hath broken my teeth one by one, he hath fed me with ashes.
Cross References
Job 9:18He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness.
Psalms 88:4For my soul is filled with evils: and my life hath drawn nigh to hell.
Isaiah 51:21Therefore hear this, thou poor little one, and thou that art drunk but no with wine.
Jeremiah 4:18They ways, and thy devices have brought these things upon thee: this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it hath touched thy heart.
Jeremiah 9:15Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Behold I will feed this people with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
Jeremiah 25:15For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Take the cup of wine of this fury at my hand: and thou shalt make all nations to drink thereof, unto which I shall send thee.
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 →