Lamentations 2:16
Lamentations · Old Testament · Chapter 2
“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.”Lamentations 2:16
What Does Lamentations 2:16 Mean?
Lamentations 2:16 is found in the book of Lamentations, chapter 2, verse 16 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Lamentations 2:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Job 5:5“Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.”Psalms 35:21“Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.”Job 16:9“He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.”Psalms 35:16“With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.”Psalms 35:25“Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.”Psalms 37:12“The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.”Lamentations 3:46“All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.”Psalms 22:13“They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.”Psalms 56:2“Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.”Psalms 124:3“Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:”Jeremiah 51:34“Nebuchadrezzar 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.”2 Samuel 20:19“I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?”1 Kings 9:9“And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.”2 Chronicles 7:22“And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.”Job 20:18“That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.”Psalms 41:8“An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.”Psalms 56:1“Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.”Psalms 57:3“He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.”Psalms 74:23“Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.”Psalms 109:2“For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.”
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