Lamentations 3:16
He has made my teeth grind with gravel, and he made me cower in the ashes. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
In Context
15He filled me with bitterness and forced me to drink wormwood. 1
17My soul is deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is. 1
Cross References
Job 4:10The roaring of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, 1 the teeth of the young lions—they are broken. 1
Psalms 58:6Break their teeth in their mouths, God; 1 break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh. 1
Proverbs 20:17Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet, 1 but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel. 1
Jonah 3:6Soon the news reached the king of Nineveh. He rose up from his throne, took off his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Luke 11:11Which father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? + 11:11 The best ancient copies have the shorter reading, which we follow here. Some ancient copies have a longer reading, which also is found in Matthew 7:9: Which father among you, if your son asks for a loaf of bread, will give him a stone? Or a fish, will give him a 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 →