Lamentations 3:15 (GNV)

Passage

He hath filled me with bitternes, and made me drunken with wormewood.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:13 Hee caused the arrowes of his quiuer to enter into my reines.

Lamentations 3:14 I was a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

Lamentations 3:15 He hath filled me with bitternes, and made me drunken with wormewood.

Lamentations 3:16 He hath also broken my teeth with stones, and hath couered me with ashes.

Lamentations 3:17 Thus my soule was farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hath", "filled", "bitternes", "drunken", and "wormewood". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hath" and "filled", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "I was a derision to all my..." into verse 16's "He hath also broken my teeth with...", so "hath" and "filled" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hath" and "filled" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.