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Lamentations 3:47 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Lamentations 3:47 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 3 verse 47 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.”
Lamentations 3:47 (KJV)
Commentary on Lamentations 3:47
A devastating summary of judgment's impact: "Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction." The Hebrew pachad vafachat hayah lanu hashe'et vehashaver (פַּחַד וָפַחַת הָיָה לָנוּ הַשֵּׁאת וְהַשָּׁבֶר) uses two word pairs that create alliteration and intensify the horror. Pachad (פַּחַד, "fear, terror") and pachat (פַּחַת, "pit, snare, trap") sound similar, suggesting inescapable dread. Hashe'et (הַשֵּׁאת, "desolation, devastation") and hashaver (הַשָּׁבֶר, "breaking, destruction") likewise echo each other.The imagery of snare or pit recalls prophetic warnings. Isaiah 24:17-18 us...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Lamentations 3:47
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“and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort you?”
“the pit”
“and the pit”
“because none come to the solemn assembly; all her gates are desolate”
“and it prevails against them; He has spread a net for my feet”
“For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.”
“And hasn't remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.”