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Poetic visual interpretation: Ground-level close view of rough gravel mingled with ash, no teeth or injured face.
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Lamentations 3:16

Gravel and Ashes

Affliction, Hope, and the Plea for Justice · Lamentations 3

Story guide: Visual essay for Lamentations 3:16. Ground-level close view of rough gravel mingled with ash, no teeth or injured face. This composition interprets the poem; it does not identify a historical participant or add an event.

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16He has ground my teeth with gravel; he has pressed me down into the ashes.

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