Lamentations 3:16 (GNV)

Passage

He hath also broken my teeth with stones, and hath couered me with ashes.

Nearby Context

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,

Lamentations 3:18 And I saide, My strength and mine hope is perished from the Lord,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hath", "broken", "teeth", "stones", "couered", and "ashes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hath" and "broken", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "He hath filled me with bitternes and..." into verse 17's "Thus my soule was farre off from...", so "hath" and "broken" 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 "broken" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.