Lamentations 3:47
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Panic and pitfall have come upon us— devastation and destruction.”
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BSBPD
“Panic and pitfall have come upon us— devastation and destruction.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and destruction.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Fear and a snare hath been for us, Desolation and destruction.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Lamentations 3:47 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 24:17Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
- Isaiah 24:18Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.
- Isaiah 51:19These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?
- Jeremiah 48:43Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.
- Lamentations 1:4The 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.
- Lamentations 1:13He 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.
- Lamentations 2:1How 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.
- Luke 21:35For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth.
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