Lamentations 3:16
Vau. And he hath broken my teeth one by one, he hath fed me with ashes.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
In Context
15He. He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath inebriated me with wormwood.
17Vau. And my soul is removed far off from peace, I have forgotten good things.
Cross References
Job 4:10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions are broken:
Psalms 58:6Which will not hear the voice of the charmers; nor of the wizard that charmeth wisely.
Proverbs 20:17The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Jonah 3:6And the word came to the king of Ninive; and he rose up out of his throne, and cast away his robe from him, and was clothed with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Luke 11:11And which of you, if he ask his father bread, will he give him a stone? or a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
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 →