Lamentations 3:46
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:46 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:46 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "All our enemies have opened their mouths against us." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:46 — KJV
“All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.”
— Lamentations 3:46 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:46 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 3:46
“They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. gaped...: Heb. opened their mouths against me”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:46: opened, mouths, against
“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.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:46: enemies, opened, against
“Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:46: enemies, against
“And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:) their enemies: Heb. those that rose up against them”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:46: enemies, against
“And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:46: enemies, against
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