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Lamentations 3:47

3:46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

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

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

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

3:48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

What does Lamentations 3:47 mean?

Lamentations 3:47 is a verse in the book of Lamentations, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include פַּחַד (pachad), פַּחַת (pachath), שֵׁאת (shêʼth). It connects to 11 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

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Fearפַּחַדpachad/pakh'-ad/H6343a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)
and
a
snareפַּחַתpachath/pakh'-ath/H6354a pit, especially forcatching animals
is
come
upon
us,
desolationשֵׁאתshêʼth/shayth/H7612devastation
and
destruction.שֶׁבֶרsheber/sheh'-ber/H7667a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)

Commentary on Lamentations 3:47

HENRY_FULL · Lamentations 3:47
lishment in a redemption that should as far outdo these expressions as the other seemed to come short of them, even the redemption of the world by Jesus Christ, of whom not only Cyrus, who was God's servant in foretelling it, was a type. In this chapter we have, I. The designation of Christ, under the type of Isaiah, to his office as Mediator, ver. 1-3 . II. The assurance given him of the success of his undertaking among the Gentiles, ver. 4-8 . III. The redemption that should be wrought by him, and the progress of that redemption, ver. 9-12 . IV. The encouragement given hence to the afflicted church, ver. 13-17 . V. The addition of many to it, and the setting up of a church among the Gentiles, ver. 18-23 . VI. A ratification of the prophecy of the Jews' release out of Babylon, which was to be the figure and type of all these blessings,, ver. 24-26 . If this chapter be rightly understood, we shall see ourselves to be more concerned in the prophecies relating to the Jews' deliverance out of Babylon than we thought we were. Encouragement to the Gentiles. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. 2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me; 3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 45:2

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Psalms 45:5

Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

Jeremiah 1:18

For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

Jeremiah 15:19

Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.

Jeremiah 15:20

And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

Hosea 6:5

Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth. and: or, that thy judgments might be, etc

Luke 23:46

And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Revelation 1:16

And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

Revelation 2:12

And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;

Revelation 19:15

And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Lamentations 3:47.

Isaiah 24:17

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

Isaiah 24:18

And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.

Frequently asked questions

What does Lamentations 3:47 say?

Lamentations 3:47 (King James Version) reads: "Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction."

Is Lamentations 3:47 in the Old or New Testament?

Lamentations 3:47 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Lamentations.

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