Lecture 16

^2:16^ Phe. All your enemies have opened their mouth against you: 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.

38. Here he presents the insults of their enemies: your enemies have opened their mouth, by accusing; your enemies, Idumeans, Moabites, and others; they have hissed, by disparaging; and gnashed with the teeth, by threatening; we will swallow her up, by insulting. They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and roaring (Ps 21:14). Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has eaten me up, he has devoured me (Jer 51:34). They said, well done, well done, our eyes have seen it (Ps 34:21).