Lamentations 3:47
Pachad (terror) and a snare is come upon us, 1 ruin and destruction. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
In Context
46Kol oyveinu (all our enemies) 1 have opened their mouths against us. 1
48Mine eye runneth down with streams of mayim 1 for the destruction of Bat Ami. 1
Cross References
Isaiah 24:18And it shall come to pass, 1 that he who fleeth from the noise of the pachad 1 shall fall into the pachat; 1 and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pachat 1 shall be caught in the pach; 1 for the arubot (windows [see Gn 7:11]) from on high are opened, 1 and the Mosedei Eretz (foundations of the Earth) do shake. 1
Jeremiah 48:43Pachad (fear), and the pakhat (pit), and the pach (snare), 1 shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moav, saith Hashem. 1
Lamentations 1:13From above hath He sent eish 1 into my atzamot (bones), and it prevaileth against them; 1 He hath spread a net for my feet, 1 He hath turned me back; 1 He hath made me desolate and kol hayom (ever) languishing. 1
Luke 21:35For as a mokesh (trap) it will come upon all the ones dwelling on the pnei kol haAretz (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 →