Lamentations 3:47

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 have made us mere offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples. 46All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. Panic and pitfall have befallen us, Devastation and destruction; 48My eyes run down with streams of water Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people. 49My eyes pour down unceasingly, Without stopping,

Lamentations 3:47 word by word

פַּ֧חַד וָפַ֛חַת הָ֥יָה לָ֖נוּ הַשֵּׁ֥את וְהַשָּֽׁבֶר׃Read the interlinear

• Panicפַּ֫חַדpachad · dreadH6343
• and pitfallפַּ֫חַתpachath · pitH6354
• have befallenהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• Devastationשֵׁאתshê'th · devastationH7612
• and destructionשֶׁ֫בֶרsheber shêber · breakingH7667

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:47

• Isaiah 24:17Terror and pit and snare Confront you, O inhabitant of the earth.
• Isaiah 51:19These two things have befallen you; Who will mourn for you? The devastation and destruction, famine and sword; How shall I comfort you?
• Jeremiah 48:43Terror, pit and snare are coming upon you, O inhabitant of Moab,” declares the Lord.
• Luke 21:35for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth.
• Lamentations 1:4The roads of Zion are in mourning Because no one comes to the appointed feasts. All her gates are desolate; Her priests are groaning, Her virgins are afflicted, And she herself is bitter.
• Lamentations 2:1How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion With a cloud in His anger! He has cast from heaven to earth The glory of Israel, And has not remembered His footstool In the day of His anger.

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

• Chain
• Derision
• Grieve
• Imagination
• Offscouring
• Poetry
• Acrostic
• Alphabet
• Lamentations, Book of
• Poetry, Hebrew

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