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Lamentations 2:16

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16All ayour enemies

Have opened their mouths wide against you;

They hiss and bgnash their teeth.

They say, “We have cswallowed her up!

Surely this is the dday for which we have hoped;

We have found it, we have seen it.”

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Cross references

  1. aJob 16:10; Ps 22:13; Lam 3:46
  2. bJob 16:9; Ps 35:16; 37:12
  3. cPs 56:2; 124:3; Jer 51:34
  4. dObad 12–15

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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!”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

All your enemies

open their mouths against you.

They hiss and gnash their teeth,

saying, “We have swallowed her up.

This is the day we have waited for!

We have lived to see it.”

NLTNew Living Translation

All your enemies mock you.

They scoff and snarl and say,

“We have destroyed her at last!

We have long waited for this day,

and it is finally here!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They have opened their mouths against you,

all your enemies.

They hiss and gnash a tooth,

and they say, “We have destroyed her!

Surely this is the day we have hoped for;

we have found it, we have seen it!”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.