Lamentations 3:47
Terror and the pit are come upon us, desolation and destruction.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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.
48Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water, for the breach of the daughter of my people.
Cross References
Isaiah 24:18And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the terror shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the trap; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth do shake;
Jeremiah 48:43Terror, and the pit, and the trap, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
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.
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 →