Lamentations 2:16 All your enemies open their mouths wide against you; they scoff and gnash their teeth and say, "We have swallowed her up. This is the day we have waited for; we have lived to see it."

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New International Version (©1984)
All your enemies open their mouths wide against you; they scoff and gnash their teeth and say, "We have swallowed her up. This is the day we have waited for; we have lived to see it."

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
All your enemies Have opened their mouths wide against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, "We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day for which we waited; We have reached it, we have seen it."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
All your enemies gawk at you. They hiss and grit their teeth. They say, 'We've swallowed it up. Yes, this is the day we've been waiting for. At last we have seen it!'

King James Bible
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

American King James Version
All your enemies have opened their mouth against you: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

American Standard Version
All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

Bible in Basic English
All your haters are opening their mouths wide against you; making hisses and whistling through their teeth, they say, We have made a meal of her: certainly this is the day we have been looking for; it has come, we have seen it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Phe. All thy enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they have hissed, and gnashed with the teeth, and have said: We will swallow her up: lo, this is the day which we looked for: we have found it, we have seen it.

Darby Bible Translation
All thine enemies open their mouth against thee, they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up; this is forsooth the day that we looked for: we have found, we have seen it.

English Revised Version
All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee; they hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

Webster's Bible Translation
All thy enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

World English Bible
All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

Young's Literal Translation
Opened against thee their mouth have all thine enemies, They have hissed, yea, they gnash the teeth, They have said: 'We have swallowed her up, Surely this is the day that we looked for, We have found -- we have seen.'

Geneva Study Bible

All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

16, 17. For the transposition of Hebrew letters (Pe and Ain, La 2:16, 17) in the order of verses, see [1012]Introduction.

opened . mouth-as ravening, roaring wild beasts (Job 16:9, 10; Ps 22:13). Herein Jerusalem was a type of Messiah.

gnash . teeth-in vindictive malice.

we have seen it-(Ps 35:21).

Ain.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

2:10-22 Causes for lamentation are described. Multitudes perished by famine. Even little children were slain by their mother's hands, and eaten, according to the threatening, De 28:53. Multitudes fell by the sword. Their false prophets deceived them. And their neighbours laughed at them. It is a great sin to jest at others' miseries, and adds much affliction to the afflicted. Their enemies triumphed over them. The enemies of the church are apt to take its shocks for its ruins; but they will find themselves deceived. Calls to lamentation are given; and comforts for the cure of these lamentations are sought. Prayer is a salve for every sore, even the sorest; a remedy for every malady, even the most grievous. Our business in prayer is to refer our case to the Lord, and leave it with him. His will be done. Let us fear God, and walk humbly before him, and take heed lest we fall.

Job 16:9 "His anger has torn me and hunted me down, He has gnashed at me with His teeth; My adversary glares at me.

Job 16:10 "They have gaped at me with their mouth, They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt; They have massed themselves against me.

Psalm 22:13 They open wide their mouth at me, As a ravening and a roaring lion.

Psalm 35:16 Like godless jesters at a feast, They gnashed at me with their teeth.

Psalm 37:12 The wicked plots against the righteous And gnashes at him with his teeth.

Psalm 56:2 My foes have trampled upon me all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me.

Psalm 124:3 Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their anger was kindled against us;

Jeremiah 51:34 "Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me and crushed me, He has set me down like an empty vessel; He has swallowed me like a monster, He has filled his stomach with my delicacies; He has washed me away.

Lamentations 3:46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

Obadiah 1:12 "Do not gloat over your brother's day, The day of his misfortune. And do not rejoice over the sons of Judah In the day of their destruction; Yes, do not boast In the day of their distress. (NASB ©1995)

Ah Certainly Cry Destroyed Enemies Forsooth Gnash Haters Hiss Hissed Hisses Longed Making Meal Mouth Mouths Open Opened Opening Rail Reached Scoff Surely Swallowed Teeth Waited Whistling Wide Yea

Ah Cry Destroyed Enemies Found Gnash Haters Hiss Hisses Longed Making Meal Mouth Mouths Open Opened Rail Reached Scoff Surely Swallowed Teeth Waited Whistling Wide

All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

thine La 3:46 Job 16:9,10 Ps 22:13 35:21 109:2

gnash Ps 35:16 37:12 112:10 Ac 7:54

we have swallowed Ps 56:2 57:3 124:3 Isa 49:19 Jer 50:7,17 51:34 Eze 25:3,6,15 36:3 Ho 8:8 Zep 2:8-10

we have seen Ps 35:21 41:8 Ob 1:12-16

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