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God’s Justice

Lamentations 3:47

In 11 translations

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.
LSV
Fear and a snare has been for us, || Desolation and destruction.
YLT
Fear and a snare hath been for us, Desolation and destruction.
DBY
Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and ruin.
DRC
Phe. Prophecy is become to us a fear, and a snare, and destruction.
GNV
Feare, and a snare is come vpon vs with desolation and destruction.
JPS
Terror and the pit are come upon us, desolation and destruction.
LXXE
Fear and wrath are come upon us, suspense and destruction.

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Original-language editions

WLC
פַּ֧חַד וָפַ֛חַת הָ֥יָה לָ֖נוּ הַשֵּׁ֥את וְהַשָּֽׁבֶר׃
LXX-Br
Φόβος καὶ θυμὸς ἐγενήθη ἡμῖν, ἔπαρσις καὶ συντριβή.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 51:19These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?
  • Isaiah 24:17–18Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth. Whoever 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…
  • Jeremiah 48:43–44Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD. “Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the…
  • 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.
  • Luke 21:35For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth.
  • 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 2:1–9How 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. Without pity the Lord has…

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