Lamentations 3:47

Lamentations 3:47 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)We are filled with fear, for we are trapped, devastated, and ruined.”

Context of Lamentations 3:47

45You have made us scum and refuse among the nations. 46“All our enemies have opened their mouths wide against us. We have suffered terror and pitfalls, ruin and destruction.” 48Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed. 49My eyes will flow unceasingly, without relief,

Lamentations 3:47 word by word

פַּ֧חַד וָפַ֛חַת הָ֥יָה לָ֖נוּ הַשֵּׁ֥את וְהַשָּֽׁבֶר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Fearפַּ֫חַדpachad · dreadH6343
• and a snareפַּ֫חַתpachath · pitH6354
• is come upon us, desolationשֵׁאתshê'th · devastationH7612
• and destructionשֶׁ֫בֶרsheber shêber · breakingH7667

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:47

• Isaiah 24:17Terror and pit and snare await you, people of the earth.
• Isaiah 51:19These double calamities have come upon you— who can comfort you?— ruin and destruction, famine and sword— who can console you?
• Jeremiah 48:43Terror and pit and snare await you, you people of Moab,” declares the Lord.
• Luke 21:35For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth.
• Lamentations 1:4The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed festivals. All her gateways are desolate, her priests groan, her young women grieve, and she is in bitter anguish.
• Lamentations 2:1How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion with the cloud of his anger! He has hurled down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth; he 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

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• Lamentations, Book of
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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