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Poetic visual interpretation: Jagged fractured gate mouth viewed as a dark opening, metaphor for hostile speech, no monster or invented confrontation.
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Lamentations 2:16

Enemies Open Their Mouths

Devastation and the Cry in the Night · Lamentations 2

Story guide: Visual essay for Lamentations 2:16. Jagged fractured gate mouth viewed as a dark opening, metaphor for hostile speech, no monster or invented confrontation. This composition interprets the poem; it does not identify a historical participant or add an event.

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16All your enemies open their mouths against you; they hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed you up! Surely this is the day we hoped for; we have found it, we have seen it.”

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