Lamentations 3:16
And he has dashed out my teeth with gravel, 1 He has fed me with ashes. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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, 1 He has drenched me with gall. 1
17He has also removed my soul from peace: 1 I forgot prosperity. 1
Cross References
Job 4:10The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, 1 And the exulting cry of serpents are quenched. 1
Psalms 58:6And thou, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, 1 Draw nigh to visit all the heathen; 1 Pity not any that work iniquity. Pause. 1
Jonah 3:6And the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from off his throne, and took off his raiment from him, and put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.
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 →