Lamentations 2:16
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 2:16 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 2:16 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her u..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 2:16 — 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.”
— Lamentations 2:16 (KJV)
Lamentations 2:16 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 2:16
“And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them; faint: Heb. be tender tremble: Heb. make haste”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:16: enemies, against, say
“Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:16: thine, enemies, against
“And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:16: thine, enemies, opened
“And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:16: thine, against, say
“Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:16: thine, against, day
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