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All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you; 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.
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The Deep Sting of Mockery
Commentators highlight the intense pain of the enemies' taunts. The imagery of "opening the mouth wide," "hissing," and "gnashing teeth" describes a malignant, beast-like hatred. John Calvin notes that for a proud people, this kind of public humiliation and mockery can feel even more bitter than death itself, adding a profound psychological and spiritual dimension to Judah's suffering.
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Lamentations
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Seen it - Omit “it.” The intensity of the enemy’s exultation is shown by the heaping up of unconnected words. We have found what we sought, …
19th Century
Anglican
All your enemies. —The exultation of the enemies is expressed by every feature in the physiognomy of malignant hate, the wide mouth, the h…
16th Century
Protestant
Here, also, the Prophet introduces enemies as insolently exulting over the miseries of the people. He first says that they had opened the mouth, ev…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
All your enemies have opened their mouth against you Or "widened" F24 them; stretched them out as far as …
Causes for lamentation are described. Multitudes perished by famine. Even little children were slain by their mother's hands and eaten, according t…
13th Century
Catholic
Here he presents the insults of their enemies: your enemies have opened their mouth, by accusing; your enemies, Idu…
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