Lamentations 3:46 (DRB)

Passage

Phe. All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:44 Samech. Thou hast set a cloud before thee, that our prayer may not pass through.

Lamentations 3:45 Samech. Thou hast made me as an outcast, and refuse in the midst of the people.

Lamentations 3:46 Phe. All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

Lamentations 3:47 Phe. Prophecy is become to us a fear, and a snare, and destruction.

Lamentations 3:48 Phe. My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "enemies", "opened", "mouths", and "against". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "enemies" and "opened", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 45's "Samech Thou hast made me as an..." into verse 47's "Phe Prophecy is become to us a...", so "enemies" and "opened" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "enemies" and "opened" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.