Lamentations 3:47
panic and pitfall have come upon us, ruin and destruction. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
In Context
48My eyes flow with streams of tears because my people are destroyed. 1
Cross References
Isaiah 24:18He who flees from the sound of terror will fall into the pit, 1 and he who comes up out of the middle of the pit will be caught in the snare. 1 The windows of the heavens will be opened, and the foundations of the earth will shake. 1
Jeremiah 48:43Terror and the pit, and a trap are coming on you, inhabitant of Moab—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1
Lamentations 1:13It is from on high that he has sent fire into my bones, and it has conquered them. 1 He has spread a net for my feet and turned me back. 1 He has made me constantly desolate and weak. 1
Luke 21:35For it will come upon everyone living on the face of the 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 →