Lamentations 3:47

Lamentations · Old Testament · Chapter 3

“Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.”Lamentations 3:47

What Does Lamentations 3:47 Mean?

Lamentations 3:47 is found in the book of Lamentations, chapter 3, verse 47 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 10 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (10)

These passages are connected to Lamentations 3:47 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Isaiah 24:17“Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.”Isaiah 51:19“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?”Jeremiah 48:43“Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.”Jeremiah 4:20“Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.”Jeremiah 9:11“And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.”Lamentations 1:4“The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.”Lamentations 1:13“From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.”Lamentations 2:1“How hath the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!”Ezekiel 12:13“My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.”Luke 21:35“For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.”

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