Lamentations 3:46 (LSB)

Passage

All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud So that no prayer can pass through.

Lamentations 3:45 You have made us mere scum and refuse In the midst of the peoples.

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

Lamentations 3:47 Panic and pitfall have befallen us, Devastation and destruction;

Lamentations 3:48 My eyes run down with streams of water Because of 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 "You have made us mere scum and..." into verse 47's "Panic and pitfall have befallen us Devastation...", 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.