Lamentations 3:16
Lamentations · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.”Lamentations 3:16
What Does Lamentations 3:16 Mean?
Lamentations 3:16 is found in the book of Lamentations, chapter 3, verse 16 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 11 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (11)
These passages are connected to Lamentations 3:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 20:17“Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.”Jeremiah 6:26“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.”Psalms 3:7“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.”Psalms 58:6“Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.”Job 2:8“And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.”Job 4:10“The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.”Psalms 102:9“For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,”Jonah 3:6“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.”Nahum 3:6“And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.”Matthew 7:9“Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?”Luke 11:11“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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