Lamentations 3:16
He has broken my teeth with grit; he has trampled me in the dust.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
In Context
15He has filled me with bitterness; he has filled me up with bitter wormwood.
17Peace has been torn away from me; I've forgotten all that's good in life.
Cross References
Job 4:10Lions may roar and growl, but their teeth still break.
Psalms 58:6God, break their teeth, and smash the jaws of these lions, Lord.
Proverbs 20:17Food you get by cheating may taste sweet, but afterwards it will be like a mouthful of gravel.
Jonah 3:6When the news of what was happening reached the king of Nineveh he came down from his throne, took off his robe, put on sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Luke 11:11Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, would give him a snake instead?
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 →