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Lamentations 3:46

Old Testament Poetry ASV (1901)

What does Lamentations 3:46 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
Lamentations 3:46 — American Standard Version

Context — Lamentations 3

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
43Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
44Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
45Thou hast made us an off-scouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
46All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
47Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and destruction.
48Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.] Like lions and other beasts of prey, to devour us; or in way of scorn and derision; pouring out their reproaches upon us, and scoffs at us, for our religion, and the worship of God, and on account of present miseries and distresses; (see <250216> Lamentations 2:16). The Targum adds, “to decree against us evil decrees.””
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Pe is put before Ain (Lam 3:43, Lam 3:46), as in Lam 2:16-17; Lam 4:16-17. (Lam 2:16.)”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“have: Lam 2:16; Exo 11:7; Job 30:9-11; Psa 22:6-8, Psa 44:13, Psa 44:14, Psa 79:4, Psa 79:10; Mat 27:38-45 Lamentations 3:47”
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