Lamentations 3:47
We're terrified and trapped, devastated and destroyed.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
In Context
46All our enemies open their mouths to criticize us.
48Tears stream from my eyes over the death of my people.
Cross References
Isaiah 24:18Those who run away in terror will fall into a pit-trap, and those who escape from the pit-trap will be caught in a snare. Heaven's windows are opened; earth's foundations shake.
Jeremiah 48:43You people living in Moab, what's waiting for you are terror, traps, and snares, declares the Lord.
Lamentations 1:13He sent down fire from heaven that destroyed my bones. He spread out a net to catch my feet, tripping me over. He abandoned me, leaving me sick all day long.
Luke 21:35For this day will come upon everyone who lives on the face of 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 →