Lamentations 3:47
Terror and the pit have come on us, devastation and destruction.”
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
In Context
46“All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
48My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Cross References
Isaiah 24:18It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the middle of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
Jeremiah 48:43Terror, the pit, and the snare are on you, inhabitant of Moab,” says the LORD.
Lamentations 1:13“From on high has he sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them. He has spread a net for my feet. He has turned me back. He has made me desolate and I faint all day long.
Luke 21:35For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface 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 →