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Lamentations 3

Lam. 3:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He hath filled
saba` (Hebrew #7646)
a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
Pronounce: saw-bah'
Origin: or sabeay {saw-bay'-ah}
me with νbitterness
mror (Hebrew #4844)
from 4843; a bitter herb
KJV usage: bitter(-ness).
Pronounce: mer-ore'
Origin: or mrowr {mer-ore'}
, he hath made me drunken
ravah (Hebrew #7301)
to slake the thirst (occasionally of other appetites)
KJV usage: bathe, make drunk, (take the) fill, satiate, (abundantly) satisfy, soak, water (abundantly).
Pronounce: raw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
with wormwood
la`anah (Hebrew #3939)
wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)
KJV usage: hemlock, wormwood.
Pronounce: lah-an-aw'
Origin: from an unused root supposed to mean to curse
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bitternesses.

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Hemlock,
Wormwood

Cross References

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Lam. 3:19• 19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. (Lam. 3:19)
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Ruth 1:20• 20And she said to them, Call me not Naomi—call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. (Ruth 1:20)
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Job 9:18• 18He suffereth me not to draw my breath,{HR}But surfeiteth me with bitternesses. (Job 9:18)
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Psa. 60:3• 3Thou hast shown thy people hard things,{HR}Thou hast made us drink the wine of reeling. (Psa. 60:3)
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Isa. 51:17‑22• 17Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of Jehovah the cup of his fury; thou hast drunk — hast drained out the bowl of the cup of staggering.
 18[There is] none to guide her among all the sons [whom] she hath brought forth; neither [is there any] that taketh her by the hand of all the sons [that] she hath brought up.
 19These two [things] are befallen thee; who will bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and famine and sword; how shall I comfort thee?
 20Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the top of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the fury of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God.
 21Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted and drunken, but not with wine:
 22thus saith thy Lord Jehovah, and thy God [that] pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of staggering, the bowl of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: (Isa. 51:17‑22)
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Jer. 9:15• 15therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed this people with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink, (Jer. 9:15)
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Jer. 23:15• 15Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land. (Jer. 23:15)
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Jer. 25:15‑18,27• 15For thus saith Jehovah God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
 16And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
 17Then took I the cup at Jehovah's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent me.
 18To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing and a curse as it is this day;
 27Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. (Jer. 25:15‑18,27)
bitterness.
Heb. bitternesses.

J. N. Darby Translation

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He hath sated me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk with wormwood.

W. Kelly Translation

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He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.