Lamentations 3:47

Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

Cross-reference

Lamentations 1:13 uses net and desolation imagery—mirrors the snare and destruction in 3:47 with personal suffering.

Isaiah 24:17 uses the identical phrase 'fear, pit, snare' to describe global judgment—showing this is a common prophetic expression.

Isaiah 51:19 pairs 'devastation and destruction' exactly as in 3:47—connecting the same twin calamity in a different lament.

Jeremiah 48:43 applies the same 'terror, pit, snare' triad to Moab—linking Judah's judgment to the common prophetic pattern.

In Jeremiah 4:20, the phrase 'destruction upon destruction' echoes the same catastrophic language — the land is spoiled, matching the desolation here.

Jeremiah 9:11 describes Jerusalem made into heaps and desolate — directly parallel to the 'desolation' mentioned here as part of the lament.

Ezekiel 12:13 uses 'snare' (net) imagery for God's judgment — the same word used here for the calamity that has come upon the people.

Isaiah 24:18 expands on the snare by showing the inescapable progression—illustrates the hopelessness behind the list in 3:47.

Jeremiah 48:44 adds the consequence of fleeing from each element—shows the completeness of disaster echoed in 3:47's list.