Lamentations 3:46 meaning and explanation

All our enemies open their mouths against us.

Lamentations 3:46, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker here is the voice of Jerusalem's people after the city fell to Babylon, and in verse 46 they describe how the surrounding nations now treat them. To open the mouth against someone is a Hebrew idiom for mocking and taunting, and the next verses show the enemies hissing and plotting.

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