Lamentations 3:47
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָרֵא
yârêʼ
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
פַּח
pach
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
שְׁמָמָה
shᵉmâmâh
devastation; figuratively, astonishment
שֶׁבֶר
sheber
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
Key Terms in This Verse
פַּח pach
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
Study H6341 →שֶׁבֶר sheber
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
Study H7667 →Cross References
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?
For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
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.
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.
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