Lamentations 3:47

47 We have suffered terror and pitfalls, ruin and destruction.”

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Lamentations 3:47 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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

English Standard Version (ESV)

47 panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction;

New Living Translation (NLT)

47 We are filled with fear, for we are trapped, devastated, and ruined.”

The Message Bible (MSG)

47 We've been to hell and back. We've nowhere to turn, nowhere to go.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)

47 Panic and pitfalls have found us, so have devastation and destruction.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

47 We have experienced panic and pitfall, devastation and destruction.

New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

47 We are terrified and trapped. We are broken and destroyed."

Lamentations 3:47 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:47

Fear and a snare is come upon us
Or, "fear and a pit" {m}; the fear of failing into the pit of ruin and destruction, on the brink of which they saw themselves; or fear seized us, and caused us to flee; and a snare or pit was prepared for us to fall into; so that there was no escaping hence: desolation and destruction;
desolation or devastation of their land; and destruction of their city and temple; and of multitudes of them by the sword, famine, and pestilence; and the rest carried into captivity, excepting a few left desolate in the land.

FOOTNOTES:

F13 (txpw dxp) "pavor et fovea", Calvin, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Michaelis.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Lamentations 3:47 In-Context

45 You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.

46 “All our enemies have opened their mouths wide against us.

47 We have suffered terror and pitfalls, ruin and destruction.”

48 Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed.

49 My eyes will flow unceasingly, without relief,

Cross References 2

1. Jeremiah 48:43
2. S Isaiah 24:17-18; S Isaiah 51:19