Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He has broken my teeth with gravel; he has trampled me in the dust. New Living Translation He has made me chew on gravel. He has rolled me in the dust. English Standard Version He has made my teeth grind on gravel, and made me cower in ashes; Berean Standard Bible He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust. King James Bible He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. New King James Version He has also broken my teeth with gravel, And covered me with ashes. New American Standard Bible He has also made my teeth grind with gravel; He has made me cower in the dust. NASB 1995 He has broken my teeth with gravel; He has made me cower in the dust. NASB 1977 And He has broken my teeth with gravel; He has made me cower in the dust. Legacy Standard Bible He has broken my teeth with gravel; He has made me cower in the dust. Amplified Bible He has broken my teeth with gravel; He has [covered me with ashes and] made me cower in the dust. Christian Standard Bible He ground my teeth with gravel and made me cower in the dust. Holman Christian Standard Bible He ground my teeth on gravel and made me cower in the dust. American Standard Version He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes. Contemporary English Version He made me eat gravel and rubbed me in the dirt. English Revised Version He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. GOD'S WORD® Translation He has ground my teeth with gravel. He has trampled me into the dust. Good News Translation He rubbed my face in the ground and broke my teeth on rocks. International Standard Version He broke my teeth on gravel, covering me with dust. Majority Standard Bible He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust. NET Bible He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust. New Heart English Bible He has also broken my teeth with gravel; he has pressed me down in the dust. Webster's Bible Translation He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. World English Bible He has also broken my teeth with gravel. He has covered me with ashes. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd He breaks with gravel my teeth, "" He has covered me with ashes. Young's Literal Translation And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes. Smith's Literal Translation He will break my teeth with gravel stones, he covered me with ashes. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleVau. And he hath broken my teeth one by one, he hath fed me with ashes. Catholic Public Domain Version VAU. And he has broken each one of my teeth; he has fed me with ashes. New American Bible He has made me eat gravel, trampled me into the dust; New Revised Standard Version He has made my teeth grind on gravel, and made me cower in ashes; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHe has broken my teeth with a stone, he has covered me with ashes. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Waw And he broke my teeth with a stone and he covered me in ashes OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, He hath made me to wallow in ashes. Brenton Septuagint Translation And he has dashed out my teeth with gravel, he has fed me with ashes. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jeremiah's Afflictions…15He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood. 16He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust. 17My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.… Cross References Job 30:19 He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes. Psalm 102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears Isaiah 51:23 I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.” Jeremiah 8:14 Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. Micah 7:17 They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will come trembling from their strongholds in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You. Job 16:12-14 I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target; / His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground. / He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior. Psalm 3:7 Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. Isaiah 63:3 “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. Jeremiah 25:15-16 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it. / And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.” Ezekiel 27:30 They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes. Matthew 26:67 Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him Mark 15:19 They kept striking His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and bowed before Him. Luke 22:64 They blindfolded Him and kept demanding, “Prophesy! Who hit You?” John 19:29-30 A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth. / When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit. Romans 3:14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.” Treasury of Scripture He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he has covered me with ashes. broken Job 4:10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. Psalm 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. Psalm 58:6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. gravel 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? 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? he hath Psalm 102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, covered me with ashes. Job 2:8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. 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. 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. Jump to Previous Ashes Bent Breaketh Broken Covered Crushed Dust Gravel Grind Low Stones Teeth Trampled WallowJump to Next Ashes Bent Breaketh Broken Covered Crushed Dust Gravel Grind Low Stones Teeth Trampled WallowLamentations 3 1. The prophet bewails his own calamities22. By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope 37. He acknowledges God's justice 55. He prays for deliverance 64. And vengeance on his enemies He has ground my teeth with gravel This vivid imagery begins with the phrase "He has ground," which in Hebrew is "שָׁחַק" (shachaq), meaning to crush or pulverize. This word conveys a sense of intense suffering and humiliation, suggesting that the speaker feels utterly broken by the circumstances. The metaphor of "teeth with gravel" evokes a painful and jarring experience, symbolizing the bitterness and harshness of the trials faced. In ancient times, gravel was a common element in roads and pathways, and the idea of having one's teeth ground with it suggests an unavoidable and relentless hardship. This phrase reflects the deep anguish and distress of the Israelites during the Babylonian exile, a period marked by profound loss and suffering. He has trampled me in the dust Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He has groundוַיַּגְרֵ֤ס (way·yaḡ·rês) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1638: To crush, to dissolve my teeth שִׁנָּ֔י (šin·nāy) Noun - cdc | first person common singular Strong's 8127: A tooth, ivory, a cliff with gravel בֶּֽחָצָץ֙ (be·ḥā·ṣāṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2687: Something cutting, gravel, an arrow and trampled me הִכְפִּישַׁ֖נִי (hiḵ·pî·ša·nî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 3728: To make bent, press or bend together in the dust. בָּאֵֽפֶר׃ (bā·’ê·p̄er) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 665: Ashes Links Lamentations 3:16 NIVLamentations 3:16 NLT Lamentations 3:16 ESV Lamentations 3:16 NASB Lamentations 3:16 KJV Lamentations 3:16 BibleApps.com Lamentations 3:16 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 3:16 Chinese Bible Lamentations 3:16 French Bible Lamentations 3:16 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 3:16 He has also broken my teeth (Lam. 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