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He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he has covered me with ashes.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
Having dwelt upon the difficulties which obstructed his path, he now shows that there are dangers that accompany escape.
The meaning of Lame…
19th Century
Anglican
He has also broken my teeth. —The metaphor of food is continued. The mourner eats bread that is gritty, as if made of san…
Baptist
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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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones With gritty bread, such as is made of corn ground with new millstones…
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, he describes the afflictions: teeth signify the warriors by whom they were defended, just as a beast is by its teeth; …
