Lamentations 3:16
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel, 1 He hath covered me with aphar. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
In Context
15He hath filled me with merorim (bitter herbs); 1 He hath made me drunk with suffering. 1
17And Thou hast removed my nefesh far off from shalom; 1 I forgot tovah (prosperity). 1
Cross References
Job 4:10The roaring of the aryeh, and the voice of the fierce lion, 1 and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. 1
Psalms 58:6That it may not pay heed to the voice of charmers, 1 casting spells ever so cunningly. 1
Proverbs 20:17Lechem from sheker (deceit) is sweet to an ish, 1 but afterwards his peh (mouth) shall be filled with gravel. 1
Jonah 3:6For word came unto HaMelech of Nineveh, and he arose from his kisse, and he laid aside his royal robe, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Luke 11:11And what Abba among you is there who, if his ben asks for a dag (fish), instead of a dag (fish) will give to him a nachash (snake)?
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 →