Lamentations 2:16

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Summary

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

Psalm 109:2

Gnash

We have swallowed

We have seen

Psalm 35:21

Psalm 41:8

Obadiah 1:12

General references

Bible References

Thine

The mouths of all our enemies are open wide against us.

His anger has torn me and hunted me down. He has gnashed at me with his teeth. My adversary glares at me.

They opened their mouths to attack me like ferocious, roaring lions.

They open their mouths against me and say: Aha! Aha! Our own eyes have seen it.

Wicked and deceitful people have opened their mouths against me. They speak against me with lying tongues.

Gnash

With godless and abusive mockers, they grit their teeth at me.

The wicked plots against the righteous and grinds at him with his teeth.

The wicked sees this and becomes angry. He angrily grits his teeth and disappears. The hope of the wicked will perish (be destroyed).

When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart. They gnashed their teeth at him.

We have swallowed

My foes have trampled upon me all day long. They are many who fight proudly against me.

He will send from heaven, and save me, He rebukes the one who is pursuing me. God will send out his loving kindness and his truth.

Then they would have swallowed us up quickly, when their wrath was kindled against us.

Even if you are destroyed and demolished, and your land is in ruins, you will be too crowed for your people. Those who devoured you will be long gone.

All who came upon them have devoured them. Their adversaries said: 'We are not guilty. They have sinned against Jehovah who is the habitation of righteousness, Even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.'

The people of Jerusalem say: King Nebuchadnezzar made us panic. That monster (big snake) filled up with our treasures, leaving us empty. He gobbled down what he wanted and spit out the rest.

Tell the Ammonites: 'Hear the word of the Lord Jehovah! The Lord Jehovah says: Because you said, Aha! Against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into exile,

Therefore prophesy and say: 'The Lord Jehovah says: For good reason they have made you desolate and crushed you from every side. That way you would become a possession of the rest of the nations and you have become a subject of conversation for the people.

Israel is swallowed up. It has already mixed in with the other nations. It has become worthless.

I have heard the reproach of Moab and the taunting by the children of Ammon. They have reproached my people. They behave arrogantly at the border.

We have seen

They open their mouths against me and say: Aha! Aha! Our own eyes have seen it.

A wicked thing is poured out upon him, that when he lies down, he will not rise up again.

Do not look on the day of your brother's disaster. Do not rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction! Do not speak proudly in the day of distress.

General references

All the nations will say: Why has Jehovah done thus to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?'

I will also make this city a desolation and an object of hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its disasters.

Many nations will pass by this city. They will say to one another: Why has Jehovah done thus to this great city?

Then everyone will know that I, Jehovah, started the fire. It will never be put out.'