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Lamentations 3:47
47We have become afraid of them. They have caught us and they have destroyed us and our things.’
Lamentations 3:47 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
- New International Version (NIV)We have suffered terror and pitfalls, ruin and destruction.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Fear and a snare have come upon us, Desolation and destruction.
Context of Lamentations 3:47
45You let people from other countries think bad things about us. They think that we have no value. We are like things that nobody can use any longer. 46All our enemies have insulted us. We have become afraid of them. They have caught us and they have destroyed us and our things.’ 48I weep, and my eyes are red with all my tears. It is because the enemy has killed my people. 49Tears come like a river from my eyes and they will not stop,
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:47 word by word
פַּ֧חַד וָפַ֛חַת הָ֥יָה לָ֖נוּ הַשֵּׁ֥את וְהַשָּֽׁבֶר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:47
- Isaiah 24:17People everywhere on the earth, terror is ready to catch you! You will fall into a deep hole, and a trap will catch you!
- Isaiah 51:19War and famine have destroyed you. Both those terrible things have happened to you. Who feels sorry for you? Who is there to comfort you?
- Jeremiah 48:43The Lord says this: ‘People of Moab, there will be danger, deep holes and traps that are ready to catch you!
- Luke 21:35It will surprise everyone who lives on all the earth.
- Lamentations 1:4Zion's streets are sad places now. Nobody comes to worship God there any longer. There is nothing to hear at the city gates. The priests are sad. Strangers are cruel to the young women. The people in Zion are very sad.
- Lamentations 2:1The Lord was very angry. He wanted Zion's people to be ashamed. Zion was the most beautiful city in Israel. But he has put it down to the ground from its high place. Zion was like a place where he had rested his feet. Now that he is angry, he has forgotten about that.
Commentaries on Lamentations 3:47
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 47Fear and a snare - See on Jeremiah 48:13; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 47Desolation - Or, devastation.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 42-54Verses 42-54 The more the prophet looked on the desolations, the more he was grieved. Here is one word of comfort. While they continued weeping, they continued waiting; and neither did nor would expect relief and succour from any but the Lord.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-66In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:1–20, 48–54). In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:21–25). He explains how God’s people should respond (Lamentations 3:26–47). Finally, he calls out to the Lord in prayer (Lamentations 3:55–66).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 46-4846-48. Pe is put before Ain (La 3:43, 46), as in La 2:16, 17; 4:16, 17. (La 2:16.)Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Lamentations 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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