Lamentations 3:15
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
מַר
mar
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
לַעֲנָה
laʻănâh
wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)
Key Terms in This Verse
לַעֲנָה laʻănâh
wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)
Study H3939 →מַר mar
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
Study H4751 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
Study H4390 →Cross References
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone fo...
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
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