Lamentations 3:46

46 All our enemies have opened their mouths 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 wrapped yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.
45 You have made us filth and rubbish among the peoples.
46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us;
47 panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction.
48 My eyes flow with rivers of tears because of the destruction of my people.
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