Lamentations 3:47 “Panic and pitfall have come upon us— devastation and destruction.”

Lamentations 3:47

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Terror and the pit have come on us, devastation and destruction.”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Feare, and a snare is come vpon vs with desolation and destruction.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Fear and a snare hath been for us, Desolation and destruction.

Bible in Basic English

Fear and deep waters have come on us, wasting and destruction.

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Cross references

“Fear”

Isaiah 51:19 Luke 21:35 Isaiah 24:17 Isaiah 24:18 Jeremiah 48:43 Jeremiah 48:44

Isaiah 51:19 · BSB

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

Luke 21:35 · BSB

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

Isaiah 24:17 · BSB

Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.

Isaiah 24:18 · BSB

Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Jeremiah 48:43 · BSB

Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 48:44 · BSB

“Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

“desolation”

Lamentations 1:4 Lamentations 1:13 Lamentations 2:1–9

Lamentations 1:4 · BSB

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.

Lamentations 1:13 · BSB

He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.

Lamentations 2:1–9 · BSB

How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

46All our enemies open their mouths against us.

48Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.

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