Lamentations 3:15 (WEB)

Passage

He has filled me with bitterness. He has stuffed me with wormwood.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:13 He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.

Lamentations 3:14 I have become a derision to all my people, and their song all day long.

Lamentations 3:15 He has filled me with bitterness. He has stuffed me with wormwood.

Lamentations 3:16 He has also broken my teeth with gravel. He has covered me with ashes.

Lamentations 3:17 You have removed my soul far away from peace. I forgot prosperity.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "I have become a derision to all..." into verse 16's "He has also broken my teeth with...", so "filled" and "bitterness" 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 "filled" and "bitterness" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.