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Lamentations 2

Lam. 2:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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All thine enemies
'oyeb (Hebrew #341)
active participle of 340; hating; an adversary
KJV usage: enemy, foe.
Pronounce: o-yabe'
Origin: or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}
have opened
patsah (Hebrew #6475)
to rend, i.e. open (especially the mouth)
KJV usage: deliver, gape, open, rid, utter.
Pronounce: paw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
their mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
a against thee: they hiss
sharaq (Hebrew #8319)
properly, to be shrill, i.e. to whistle or hiss (as a call or in scorn)
KJV usage: hiss.
Pronounce: shaw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
and gnash
charaq (Hebrew #2786)
to grate the teeth
KJV usage: gnash.
Pronounce: khaw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
the teeth
shen (Hebrew #8127)
a tooth (as sharp); specifically (for 8143) ivory; figuratively, a cliff
KJV usage: crag, X forefront, ivory, X sharp, tooth.
Pronounce: shane
Origin: from 8150
: they say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, We have swallowed her up
bala` (Hebrew #1104)
to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
KJV usage: cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
Pronounce: baw-lah'
Origin: a primitive root
: certainly
'ak (Hebrew #389)
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
KJV usage: also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, + wherefore, yet (but).
Pronounce: ak
Origin: akin to 403
this is the day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
that we looked for
qavah (Hebrew #6960)
to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
KJV usage: gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
Pronounce: kaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
; we have found
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
, we have seen
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Psa. 35:21• 21And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen it. (Psa. 35:21)

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thine.
Lam. 3:46• 46All our enemies have opened their mouth against us. (Lam. 3:46)
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Job 16:9‑10• 9His anger teareth and pursueth me; he gnasheth with his teeth against me; as mine adversary he sharpeneth his eyes at me.
 10They gape upon me with their mouth; they smite my cheeks reproachfully; they range themselves together against me. (Job 16:9‑10)
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Psa. 22:13• 13They gape upon me with their mouth, as a ravening and a roaring lion. (Psa. 22:13)
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Psa. 35:21• 21And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen it. (Psa. 35:21)
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Psa. 109:2• 2For the mouth of the wicked man and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue, (Psa. 109:2)
gnash.
Psa. 35:16• 16With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me. (Psa. 35:16)
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Psa. 37:12• 12The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth his teeth against him. (Psa. 37:12)
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Psa. 112:10• 10The wicked man shall see it and be vexed; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish. (Psa. 112:10)
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Acts 7:54• 54And hearing these things they were cut to the heart, and gnashed their teeth against him. (Acts 7:54)
We have swallowed.
Psa. 56:2• 2Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; for they are many that fight against me haughtily. (Psa. 56:2)
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Psa. 57:3• 3He will send from the heavens and save me; he hath covered with reproach him that would swallow me up. Selah. God hath sent forth his loving-kindness and his truth. (Psa. 57:3)
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Psa. 124:3• 3Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us; (Psa. 124:3)
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Isa. 49:19• 19For in thy waste and thy desolate places, and thy destroyed land, thou shalt even now be too straitened by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. (Isa. 49:19)
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Jer. 50:7,17• 7All that found them devoured them, and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.
 17Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria devoured him, and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. (Jer. 50:7,17)
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Jer. 51:34• 34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel; he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. (Jer. 51:34)
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Ezek. 25:3,6,15• 3and say unto the children of Ammon, Hear the word of the Lord Jehovah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou saidst, 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 captivity:
 6For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast clapped the hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced with all the despite of thy soul against the land of Israel;
 15Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with despite of soul, to destroy, from old hatred; (Ezek. 25:3,6,15)
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Ezek. 36:3• 3therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, yea, because they have made you desolate, and have swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the remnant of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and in the defaming of the people: (Ezek. 36:3)
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Hos. 8:8• 8Israel is swallowed up: now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. (Hos. 8:8)
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Zeph. 2:8‑10• 8I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
 9Therefore, as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall certainly be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt-pits, and a perpetual desolation; the remnant of my people shall spoil them, and the residue of my nation shall possess them.
 10This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts. (Zeph. 2:8‑10)
we have seen.
Psa. 35:21• 21And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen it. (Psa. 35:21)
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Psa. 41:8• 8A thing of Belial cleaveth fast unto him; and now that he is laid down, he will rise up no more. (Psa. 41:8)
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Obad. 12‑16• 12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; nor have opened wide thy mouth in the day of distress.
 13Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity, nor have looked, even thou, on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither shouldest thou have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;
 14and thou shouldest not have stood on the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape, nor have delivered up those remaining of him in the day of distress.
 15For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy recompence shall return upon thine own head.
 16For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually; yea, they shall drink, and shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been. (Obad. 12‑16)
• {v.16-17} As to the apparent alphabetic dislocation in verses 16, 17, I do not doubt that it is intentional....here is no sufficient reason to doubt that the Hebrew gives the passage as the Spirit inspired it, spite of the strangeness of the order, which must therefore have been meant to heighten the picture of sorrow. (“Lamentations of Jeremiah: Chapter 2” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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All thine enemies open their mouth against thee, they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up; this is forsooth the day that we looked for: we have found, we have seen it.