“The afflictions are here pursued. "He has made my teeth grind on gravel, and made me cower in ashes." That is, like to the warriors by whom defended, and like to teeth of beasts on gravel. So, nothing remains except in ashes as if worthless. And since Psalm 102:9 declares: "For I eat ashes like bread, and mingle tears…”
Thomas Aquinas, 13th c. — Commentary on Lamentations
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16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
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14I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
— Lamentations 3:16 —
17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: