Lamentations 3:47
45 You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.
46 All our enemies open their mouths against us.
Panic and pitfall have come upon us— devastation and destruction.
48 Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Panic and pitfall have come upon us— devastation and destruction.
- KJV
- Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
- WEB
- Terror and the pit have come on us, devastation and destruction.”
- ASV
- Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and destruction.
- DARBY
- Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and ruin.
- BLB
- terror and pitfall have come upon us, desolation and destruction!
- ÅB
- Gru og grav er blitt oss til del, ødeleggelse og undergang.
- OTB
- Vi har møtt panikk og fallgruver, ødeleggelse og undergang.
- B1930
- Gru og grav er blitt oss til del, ødeleggelse og undergang.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 24:17–18
Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
Read in contextIsaiah 51:19
These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?
Read in contextJeremiah 48:43–44
Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.
Read in contextLamentations 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.
Read in contextLamentations 1:13
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.
Read in contextLamentations 2:1–9
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.
Read in contextLuke 21:35
For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth.
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