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Lamentations 3:47

in Lamentations 3

Panic and pitfall have come upon us—devastation and destruction.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and destruction.

KJV

Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

This verse in Lamentations 3

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Lamentations · Written before 1274.

proposed

Benevolence on the enemy's part, excitement against indications of evil inflicted by the enemy, are here viewed. First is noticed the preparation for capturing, second, the captivity itself. To the idea, preparation for capturing, three more references are made. First is the enemies' preparation: "All …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Fear and a snare is come upon us,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Fear and a snare - See on Jer 48:13 (note).

The words behind it

6 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • פַּ֧חַדterror

    pachadH6343 →

  • וָפַ֛חַתand a pit

    vafachatH6354 →

  • הָ֥יָהit has happened

    hayahH1961 →3559 times

  • לָ֖נוּto us

    lanu

  • הַשֵּׁ֥את<the> devastation

    hashetH7612 →

  • וְהַשָּֽׁבֶר׃and <the> brokenness

    vehashaverH7667 →45 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Lamentations 1:4

    The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.

    it leads to

    • Joel 1:8–13

      Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.

    • Jeremiah 9:11

      “And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

    • Jeremiah 10:22

      Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made a desolation, a haunt for jackals.

    • Jeremiah 14:2

      “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

    • Isaiah 24:4–6

      The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.

  • Through

    Isaiah 51:19

    These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 47:9

      These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the…

    • Amos 7:2

      And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”

  • Through

    Luke 21:35

    For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth.

    it leads to

    • Revelation 16:15

      “Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”

Where this verse is studied

About Lamentations

People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Lamentations.