Lamentations 3:16
And he hath crushed, with gravel-stones, my teeth, hath made me cower in ashes;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
In Context
15He hath sated me with bitter things, hath drenched me with wormwood.
17And thou hast thrust away from welfare, my soul, I have forgotten prosperity;
Cross References
Job 4:10[Notwithstanding] the roaring of the lion, and the noise of the howling lion, yet, the teeth of the fierce lions, are broken:
Psalms 58:6O God! break away their teeth in their mouth, The biters of the young lions, knock thou out, O Yahweh!
Proverbs 20:17Sweet to a man, may be the bread of falsehood, but, afterward, shall his mouth be filled with gravel.
Jonah 3:6And the word reached unto the king of Nineveh, so he arose from his throne, and laid aside his robe from off him,—and covered him with sackcloth, and sat on ashes.
Luke 11:11But which is the father, from among yourselves, whom the son will ask for, a fish, who, instead of a fish, will 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 →