Lamentations 3:15

Lamentations · Old Testament · Chapter 3

“He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.”Lamentations 3:15

What Does Lamentations 3:15 Mean?

Lamentations 3:15 is found in the book of Lamentations, chapter 3, verse 15 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (18)

These passages are connected to Lamentations 3:15 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Jeremiah 9:15“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.”Lamentations 3:19“Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.”Psalms 88:3“For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.”Proverbs 20:17“Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.”Isaiah 51:20“Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.”1 Samuel 1:10“And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.”Job 9:18“He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.”Jeremiah 23:9“Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.”Jeremiah 23:15“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 forth into all the land.”Ruth 1:20“And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.”Psalms 60:3“Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.”Psalms 102:9“For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,”Isaiah 51:17“Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.”Isaiah 63:6“And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.”Jeremiah 25:15“For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.”Jeremiah 25:16“And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.”Jeremiah 25:27“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.”Jeremiah 48:26“Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.”

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