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Stones Instead of Bread
Commentators explain the verse's powerful imagery. In ancient times, bread baked on hearths could contain grit or gravel. The prophet uses this experience—expecting nourishment but getting painful, tooth-breaking stones—to describe his suffering. It illustrates how even the most basic provisions of life had become a source of agony and disappointment.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 3:10–18
18th Century
Theologian
Having dwelt upon the difficulties which obstructed his path, he now shows that there are dangers that accompany escape.
The meaning of Lame…
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 3:16
19th Century
Bishop
He has also broken my teeth. —The metaphor of food is continued. The mourner eats bread that is gritty, as if made of san…
Charles Spurgeon
On Lamentations 3:14–17
19th Century
Preacher
I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with …
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John Calvin
On Lamentations 3:16
16th Century
Theologian
Many renderings are given of these words; there is, however, no overstatement here, for, as has often been said, the grief of the people under such…
John Gill
On Lamentations 3:16
17th Century
Pastor
He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones
With gritty bread, such as is made of corn ground with new millstones…
Matthew Henry
On Lamentations 3:1–20
17th Century
Minister
The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord…