Lamentations 3:16
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
שֵׁן
shên
a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff
חָצָץ
châtsâts
properly, something cutting; hence, gravel (as grit); an arrow
כָּסָה
kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Key Terms in This Verse
חָצָץ châtsâts
properly, something cutting; hence, gravel (as grit); an arrow
Study H2687 →כָּסָה kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Study H3680 →Cross References
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
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