Lamentations 3:46

Lamentations 3:46 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
• New International Version (NIV)“All our enemies have opened their mouths wide against us.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"All our enemies open their mouths against us;
• New King James Version (NKJV)All our enemies Have opened their mouths against us.

Context of Lamentations 3:46

44You covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer could get through it. 45You made us the scum and trash of the nations. All our enemies gawk at us. 47Panic and pitfalls have found us, so have devastation and destruction. 48“Streams of tears run down from my eyes over the ruin of my dear people.

Lamentations 3:46 word by word

פָּצ֥וּ עָלֵ֛ינוּ פִּיהֶ֖ם כָּל־אֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• All our enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• have openedפָּצָהpâtsâh · to openH6475
• their mouthsפֶּהpeh · lipH6310

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:46

• Lamentations 2:16All 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!’
• Exodus 11:7But where the Israelites are, not even a dog will be startled by any person or animal. This is how you will see that the Lord shows the distinction between Egypt and Israel.
• Job 30:9“And now they make fun of me with songs. I have become a joke to them.
• Psalms 22:6Yet, I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned by humanity and despised by people.
• Psalms 44:13You made us a disgrace to our neighbors and an object of ridicule and contempt to those around us.
• Psalms 79:4We have become a disgrace to our neighbors, an object of ridicule and contempt to those around us.
• Matthew 27:38At that time they crucified two criminals with him, one on his right and the other on his left.

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:46

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 42-54Verses 42-54 The more the prophet looked on the desolations, the more he was grieved. Here is one word of comfort. While they continued weeping, they continued waiting; and neither did nor would expect relief and succour from any but the Lord.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-66In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:1–20, 48–54). In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:21–25). He explains how God’s people should respond (Lamentations 3:26–47). Finally, he calls out to the Lord in prayer (Lamentations 3:55–66).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 46-4846-48. Pe is put before Ain (La 3:43, 46), as in La 2:16, 17; 4:16, 17. (La 2:16.)Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Chain
• Derision
• Grieve
• Imagination
• Offscouring
• Poetry
• Acrostic
• Alphabet
• Lamentations, Book of
• Poetry, Hebrew

Commentaries on Lamentations 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings