Lamentations 2:16

Lamentations 2:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)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.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)All your enemies rail against you; they hiss, they gnash their teeth, they cry: "We have swallowed her! Ah, this is the day we longed for; now we have it; we see it!"
• New King James Version (NKJV)All your enemies have opened their mouth against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day we have waited for; We have found it, we have seen it!”

Context of Lamentations 2:16

14Your prophets have seen for you Worthless and deceptive visions; And they have not exposed your wrongdoing So as to restore you from captivity, But they have seen for you worthless and misleading pronouncements. 15All who pass along the way Clap their hands in ridicule at you; They hiss and shake their heads At the daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city of which they said, ‘Perfect in beauty, A joy to all the earth’?” All your enemies Have opened their mouths wide against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have engulfed her! This certainly is the day which we awaited; We have reached it, we have seen it!” 17The Lord has done what He determined; He has accomplished His word Which He commanded from days of old. He has torn down without sparing, And He has helped the enemy to rejoice over you; He has exalted the might of your adversaries. 18Their heart cried out to the Lord: “You wall of the daughter of Zion, Let your tears stream down like a river day and night; Give yourself no relief, Let your eyes have no rest.

Lamentations 2:16 word by word

פָּצ֨וּ עָלַ֤יִךְ פִּיהֶם֙ כָּל־א֣וֹיְבַ֔יִךְ שָֽׁרְקוּ֙ וַיַּֽחַרְקוּ־שֵׁ֔ן אָמְר֖וּ בִּלָּ֑עְנוּ אַ֣ךְ זֶ֥ה הַיּ֛וֹם שֶׁקִּוִּינֻ֖הוּ מָצָ֥אנוּ רָאִֽינוּ׃ סRead the interlinear

• Allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• your enemiesאָיַב'âyab · be hostileH340
• Have openedפָּצָהpâtsâh · to openH6475
• their mouthsפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5921
• hissשָׁרַקshâraq · to whistleH8319
• gnashחָרַקchâraq · to grindH2786
• teethשֵׁןshên · toothH8127
• They sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• engulfedבָּלַעbâla‛ · to swallow upH1104
• Thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• certainlyאַךְ'ak · surelyH389
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• whichשֶׁלshel · whichH7945
• we awaitedקָוָהqâvâh · to awaitH6960
• We have reachedמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• we have seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200

Cross-references for Lamentations 2:16

• Lamentations 3:46All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
• Job 16:9His anger has torn me and hunted me down, He has gnashed at me with His teeth; My enemy glares at me.
• Psalms 22:13They open their mouths wide at me, As a ravening and roaring lion.
• Psalms 35:21They opened their mouth wide against me; They said, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it!”
• Psalms 109:2For they have opened a wicked and deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
• Psalms 35:16Like godless jesters at a feast, They gnashed at me with their teeth.
• Psalms 37:12The wicked plots against the righteous, And gnashes at him with his teeth.
• Psalms 112:10The wicked will see it and be vexed, He will gnash his teeth and melt away; The desire of the wicked will perish.
• Acts 7:54Now when they heard this, they were infuriated, and they began gnashing their teeth at him.
• Psalms 56:2My enemies have trampled upon me all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me.
• Psalms 57:3He will send from heaven and save me; He rebukes the one who tramples upon me. Selah God will send His favor and His truth.
• Psalms 124:3Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their anger was kindled against us;
• Isaiah 49:19For your ruins and deserted places and your destroyed land-- Now you will certainly be too cramped for the inhabitants, And those who swallowed you will be far away.
• Jeremiah 50:7All who found them have devoured them; And their adversaries have said, ‘We are not guilty, Since they have sinned against the Lord who is the habitation of righteousness, The Lord, the hope of their fathers.’
• Jeremiah 51:34“Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has 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.
• Ezekiel 25:3and say to the sons of Ammon, ‘Hear the word of the Lord God! This is what the Lord God 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,

Commentaries on Lamentations 2:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16This is the day that we looked for - Jerusalem was the envy of the surrounding nations: they longed for its destruction, and rejoiced when it took place.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Seen it - Omit “it.” The intensity of the enemy‘s exultation is shown by the heaping up of unconnected words. We have found what we sought, have seen what we looked for.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 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, Deut. 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16Their enemies were glad that Jerusalem was defeated.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1716-17. For the transposition of Hebrew letters (Pe and Ain, La 2:16, 17) in the order of verses, see Introduction. opened ... mouth--as ravening, roaring wild beasts (Job 16:9, 10; Psa 22:13). Herein Jerusalem was a type of Messiah. gnash ... teeth--in vindictive malice. we have seen it--(Psa 35:21). Ain.Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 2:16

• Famine
• Gnashing of Teeth
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Commentaries on Lamentations 2

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings