Lamentations 3:47
Feare, and a snare is come vpon vs with desolation and destruction.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
In Context
46All our enemies haue opened their mouth against vs.
48Mine eye casteth out riuers of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Cross References
Isaiah 24:18And hee that fleeth from the noyse of the feare, shall fall into the pit: and he that commeth vp out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare: for the windowes from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth doe shake.
Jeremiah 48:43Feare, and pit and snare shall be vpon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.
Lamentations 1:13From aboue hath hee sent fire into my bones, which preuaile against them: he hath spred a net for my feete, and turned me backe: hee hath made me desolate, and daily in heauinesse.
Luke 21:35For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell 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 →