Lamentations 2:16

New Century Version

All your enemies open their mouths to speak against you. They make fun and grind their teeth in anger. They say, “We have swallowed you up. This is the day we were waiting for! We have finally seen it happen.”

Cross References

Psalm 35:21

They speak against me and say, “Aha! We saw what you did!”

Lamentations 3:46

“All of our enemies open their mouths and speak against us.

Psalm 56:2

My enemies have chased me all day; there are many proud people fighting me.

Psalm 37:12

The wicked make evil plans against good people. They grind their teeth at them in anger.

Jeremiah 51:34

“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has defeated and destroyed us. In the past he took our people away, and we became like an empty jar. He was like a giant snake that swallowed us. He filled his stomach with our best things. Then he spit us out.

Psalm 124:3

When they were angry with us, they would have swallowed us alive.

Psalm 35:16

They made fun of me and were cruel to me and ground their teeth at me in anger.

Psalm 22:13

Like hungry, roaring lions they open their mouths at me.

Acts 7:54

When the leaders heard this, they became furious. They were so mad they were grinding their teeth at Stephen.

Hosea 8:8

Israel is eaten up; the people are mixed among the other nations and have become useless to me.

Ezekiel 36:3

So prophesy and say: ‘This is what the Lord God says: They have made you an empty ruin and have crushed you from all around. So you became a possession of the other nations. People have talked and whispered against you.

Ezekiel 25:15

“This is what the Lord God says: ‘The Philistines have taken revenge with hateful hearts. Because of their strong hatred, they have tried to destroy Judah.

Ezekiel 25:6

This is what the Lord God says: You have clapped your hands and stamped your feet; you have laughed about all the insults you made against the land of Israel.

Ezekiel 25:3

Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the Lord God. This is what the Lord God says: You were glad when my Temple was dishonored, when the land of Israel was ruined, and when the people of Judah were taken away as captives.

Jeremiah 50:17

“The people of Israel are like a flock of sheep that are scattered from being chased by lions. The first lion to eat them up was the king of Assyria. The last lion to crush their bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”

Jeremiah 50:7

Whoever saw my people hurt them. And those enemies said, ‘We did nothing wrong. Those people sinned against the Lord, their true resting place, the God their fathers trusted.’

Isaiah 49:19

“You were destroyed and defeated, and your land was made useless. But now you will have more people than the land can hold, and those people who destroyed you will be far away.

Psalm 112:10

The wicked will see this and become angry; they will grind their teeth in anger and then disappear. The wishes of the wicked will come to nothing.

Psalm 109:2

Wicked people and liars have spoken against me; they have told lies about me.

Psalm 57:3

He sends help from heaven and saves me. He punishes those who chase me.Selah God sends me his love and truth.

Psalm 41:8

They say, “He has a terrible disease. He will never get out of bed again.”

Psalm 35:25

Don’t let them think, “Aha! We got what we wanted!” Don’t let them say, “We destroyed him.”

Jeremiah 29:18

I will chase them with war, hunger, and terrible diseases. I will make them hated by all the kingdoms of the earth. People will curse them and be shocked and will use them as a shameful example wherever I make them go.

Jeremiah 26:6

If you don’t obey me, I will destroy my Temple in Jerusalem as I destroyed my Holy Tent at Shiloh. When I do, people all over the world will curse Jerusalem.’ ”

Lamentations 1:21

“People have heard my groaning, and there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble, and they are happy you have done this to me. Now bring that day you have announced so that my enemies will be like me.

Ezekiel 5:15

Then the nations around you will shame you and make fun of you. You will be a warning and a terror to them. This will happen when I punish you in my great anger. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Ezekiel 23:32

“This is what the Lord God says: You will drink the same cup your sister did, and that cup is deep and wide. Everyone will make fun of you, because the cup is full.

Micah 4:11

But now many nations have come to fight against you, saying, “Let’s destroy Jerusalem. We will look at her and be glad we have defeated her.”