The Meaning of Lamentations 3:15 Explained

Lamentations 3:15

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

YLT: He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me with wormwood.

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

ASV: He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Lamentations 3:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Lamentations 3

1  The prophet bewails his own calamities
22  By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope
37  He acknowledges God's justice
55  He prays for deliverance
64  And vengeance on his enemies

What do the individual words in Lamentations 3:15 mean?

He has filled me with bitterness He has made me drink wormwood -
הִשְׂבִּיעַ֥נִי בַמְּרוֹרִ֖ים הִרְוַ֥נִי לַעֲנָֽה ס

הִשְׂבִּיעַ֥נִי  He  has  filled  me 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular, first person common singular
Root: שָׂבַע  
Sense: to be satisfied, be sated, be fulfilled, be surfeited.
בַמְּרוֹרִ֖ים  with  bitterness 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מָרֹר  
Sense: bitter thing, bitter herb, bitterness.
הִרְוַ֥נִי  He  has  made  me  drink 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular, first person common singular
Root: רָוָה  
Sense: to be satiated or saturated, have or drink one’s fill.
לַעֲנָֽה  wormwood 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: לַעֲנָה  
Sense: wormwood.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation