Lamentations 3:47
Fear and the pit have come upon us, devastation and destruction.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
In Context
46All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
48My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Cross References
Isaiah 24:18And it shall come to pass, that he who flees from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit, and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare. For the windows on high are opened, and the foundations o
Jeremiah 48:43Fear and the pit and the snare are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, says LORD.
Lamentations 1:13From on high he has sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them. He has spread a net for my feet. He has turned me back. He has made me desolate and faint all the day.
Luke 21:35For it will come like a trap upon all those who sit upon the face of all the earth.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:43-55
Complaining to God. ( b. c. 588.) 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. 43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. 44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. 45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. 46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. 47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. 48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of… Read the whole commentary →