Lamentations 3:47
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:47 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:47 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:47 — KJV
“Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.”
— Lamentations 3:47 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:47 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 3:47
“When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:47: fear, come, desolation
“Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:47: fear, come, desolation
“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.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:47: fear, snare, come
“These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee? are...: Heb. happened destruction: Heb. breaking”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:47: come, desolation, destruction
“Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. with: Heb. upon”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:47: fear, come
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