Lamentations 3:15

New English Translation

He has given me my fill of bitter herbs and made me drunk with bitterness. ו (Vav)

Cross References

Job 9:18

He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me with bitterness.

Psalm 60:3

You have made your people experience hard times; you have made us drink intoxicating wine.

Psalm 88:4

They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,

Jeremiah 23:15

So then I, the Lord who rules over all, have something to say concerning the prophets of Jerusalem: ‘I will make these prophets eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment. For the prophets of Jerusalem are the reason that ungodliness has spread throughout the land.’”

Jeremiah 25:27

Then the Lord said to me, “Tell them that the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, ‘Drink this cup until you get drunk and vomit. Drink until you fall down and can’t get up. For I will send wars sweeping through you.’

Jeremiah 4:18

“The way you have lived and the things you have done will bring this on you. This is the punishment you deserve, and it will be painful indeed. The pain will be so bad it will pierce your heart.”

Jeremiah 9:14

Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to the gods called Baal, as their fathers taught them to do.

Jeremiah 9:15

So then, listen to what I, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all, say. ‘I will make these people eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment.

Lamentations 3:19

Remember my impoverished and homeless condition, which is a bitter poison.

Ruth 1:20

But she replied to them, “Don’t call me ‘Naomi’! Call me ‘Mara’ because the Sovereign One has treated me very harshly.