Lamentations 3:16
He hath also sbroken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath 3covered me with ashes.
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
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Proverbs 20:17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Matthew 7:9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
Psalms 102:8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
Job 6:7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
Micah 7:8-7:10 8. ¶Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. 9. I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. 10. Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
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Or, rolled me in the.
These are but more metaphorical expressions, signifying the unpleasant difficult condition into which God had brought this people. They were like men that lived upon gritty bread, more fit to break their teeth than to nourish them; they were in the state of mourners, and no ordinary mourners, who were wont to throw ashes on their heads, they were all over covered with ashes.