Lamentations 3:46 (YLT)

Passage

Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:44 Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, So that prayer doth not pass through.

Lamentations 3:45 Offscouring and refuse Thou dost make us In the midst of the peoples.

Lamentations 3:46 Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies.

Lamentations 3:47 Fear and a snare hath been for us, Desolation and destruction.

Lamentations 3:48 Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 45's "Offscouring and refuse Thou dost make us..." into verse 47's "Fear and a snare hath been for...", so "opened" and "against" 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 "opened" and "against" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.