Lamentations 3:47
Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and ruin.
Darby Translation
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 against us.
48Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the ruin of the daughter of my people.
Cross References
Isaiah 24:18And it shall come to pass, [that] he who fleeth from the sound of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are open, and the foundations of the earth shake.
Jeremiah 48:43Fear, and the pit, and the snare shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah.
Lamentations 1:13From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; he hath spread a net for my feet; he hath turned me back; he hath made me desolate [and] faint all the day.
Luke 21:35for as a snare shall it come upon all them that dwell upon the face of the whole 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 →