He hath also broken my teeth. — The metaphor of food is continued. The mourner eats bread that is gritty, as if made of sand instead of flour. (Comp. Proverbs 20:17.) Here, again, we are reminded of Dante (Parad. xvii. 58), when he speaks of the bitterness of the bread which comes as the grudging gift of strangers.
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Lamentations 3:16
16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath coveredc me with ashes.