King James Version
Lamentations 3:16 in the King James Version says “He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. covered: or, rolled me in the ashes” — study this verse from Lamentations chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. covered: or, rolled me in the ashes”
Lamentations 3:16 · KJV
I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. bitterness: Heb. bitternesses
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. covered: or, rolled me in the ashes
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. prosperity: Heb. good
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He hath also broken”
H1638to crush; also (intransitively and figuratively) to dissolve
“with gravel stones”
H2687properly, something cutting; hence, gravel (as grit); an arrow
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