Lamentations 3:47
Feare and pit is come vpon vs, yea deceipt and destruction.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
In Context
46All our enemies gape vpon vs.
48Whole riuers of water gushe out of mine eyes for the hurt of my people:
Cross References
Isaiah 24:18It wyll come to passe, that whosoeuer escapeth the fearefull noyse, shall fall into the pit, and he that commeth vp out of the pit, shalbe taken with the snare: for the windowes from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth are moued.
Lamentations 1:13From aboue hath he sent downe a fire into my bones, and it burneth them cruelly: he hath layde a net for my feete, and throwen me wyde open, he hath made me desolate, so that I must euer be mournyng.
Luke 21:35For as a snare shall it come on al them that dwell on the face of ye 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 →