Lamentations 3:46

46 All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.

Lamentations 3:46 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:46

All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
] Like lions and other beasts of prey, to devour us; or in way of scorn and derision; pouring out their reproaches upon us, and scoffs at us, for our religion, and the worship of God, and on account of present miseries and distresses; see ( Lamentations 2:16 ) . The Targum adds,

``to decree against us evil decrees.''

Lamentations 3:46 In-Context

44 You have covered yourself in a cloud {so that prayer cannot pass through}.

45 You have made us scum and refuse in the midst of the nations.

46 All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.

47 Fear and a pit have come upon us, desolation and destruction.

48 Channels of water run down my eyes because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.