Lamentations 3:16

New International Reader's Version

He made me chew stones that broke my teeth. He has walked all over me in the dust.

Cross References

Job 2:8

He got part of a broken pot. He used it to scrape his skin. He did it while he was sitting in ashes.

Job 4:10

Powerful lions might roar and growl. But their teeth are broken.

Psalm 102:9

I eat ashes as my food. My tears fall into what I’m drinking.

Psalm 3:7

Lord, rise up! My God, save me! Strike all my enemies in the face. Break the teeth of sinful people.

Psalm 58:6

God, break the teeth in the mouths of those sinners! Lord, tear out the sharp teeth of those lions!

Proverbs 20:17

Food gained by cheating tastes sweet. But you will end up with a mouth full of gravel.

Jeremiah 6:26

My people, put on the clothes of sadness. Roll among the ashes. Mourn with bitter weeping just as you would mourn for an only son. The one who is going to destroy us will come suddenly.

Jonah 3:6

Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh. He got up from his throne. He took off his royal robes. He also dressed himself in the clothing of sadness. And then he sat down in the dust.

Matthew 7:9

“Suppose your son asks for bread. Which of you will give him a stone?

Luke 11:11

“Fathers, suppose your son asks for a fish. Which of you will give him a snake instead?