Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Lam 2:16

“Phe. All thy enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they have hissed, and gnashed with the teeth, and have said: We will swallow her up: lo, this is the day which we looked for: we have found it, we have seen it.”

“For the transposition of Hebrew letters (Pe and Ain, Lam 2:16-17) in the order of verses, see Introduction. opened . . . mouth--as ravening, roaring wild beasts (Job 16:9-10; Psa 22:13). Herein Jerusalem was a type of Messiah. gnash . . . teeth--in vindictive malice. we have seen it-- (Psa 35:21).”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.