Lamentations 3:47
We are constantly afraid [DOU], because we have experienced disasters and ruin [DOU].”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
In Context
46All our enemies have insulted us.
48I cry a lot because my people have been destroyed.
Cross References
Isaiah 24:18Those who try to flee because they are terrified will fall into deep pits, and those who climb out of the pits will be caught by traps/snares. The sky will split open and torrents [SIM] of rain will fall; the foundations of the earth will shake.
Jeremiah 48:43I, Yahweh, say that you people of Moab will be terrified, and fall into pits and traps.
Lamentations 1:13It is as though he sent a fire from heaven [MTY] that burned in our bones; it is as though [MET] he has placed a trap for our feet, and has prevented us from walking any further. He has abandoned us; we are weak/miserable every day, all day long.
Luke 21:35You need to know that my return will surprise everyone all over 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 →