Lamentations 3:15
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:15 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:15 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. bitterness: Heb. bitternesses" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:15 — KJV
“He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. bitterness: Heb. bitternesses”
— Lamentations 3:15 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:15 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 3:15
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea...: Heb. Yea, because, etc.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:15: hath, made, heb
“And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. discovered: Heb. made naked”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:15: hath, made, heb
“And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity. uncovereth: Heb. hath made naked”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:15: hath, made, heb
“Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD. wholly...: Heb. fulfilled to go after”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:15: hath, filled, heb
“And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it. eaten...: Heb. made it common”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:15: hath, made, heb
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