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16 All thine enemies open their mouth against thee, they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed [her] up; this is forsooth the day that we looked for: we have found, we have seen [it].

17 Jehovah hath done what he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word which he had commanded from the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not spared, and he hath caused the enemy to rejoice over thee; he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

18 Their heart cried unto the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a torrent day and night: give thyself no respite; let not the apple of thine eye rest.

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16 All your enemies open their mouths
    wide against you;(A)
they scoff and gnash their teeth(B)
    and say, “We have swallowed her up.(C)
This is the day we have waited for;
    we have lived to see it.”(D)

17 The Lord has done what he planned;
    he has fulfilled(E) his word,
    which he decreed long ago.(F)
He has overthrown you without pity,(G)
    he has let the enemy gloat over you,(H)
    he has exalted the horn[a] of your foes.(I)

18 The hearts of the people
    cry out to the Lord.(J)
You walls of Daughter Zion,(K)
    let your tears(L) flow like a river
    day and night;(M)
give yourself no relief,
    your eyes no rest.(N)

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:17 Horn here symbolizes strength.