These two things are befallen thee; who shall bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort thee?
Lamentations 3:47 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and destruction. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Fear and a snare is come upon us, Desolation and destruction. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Fear and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction. American Standard Version (1901) Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and destruction. Common English Bible Terror and trap have come upon us, catastrophe and collapse! Catholic Public Domain Version PHE. Prediction has become for us a dread, and a snare, and a grief. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Phe. Prophecy is become to us a fear and a snare and destruction. |
These two things are befallen thee; who shall bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort thee?
From on high 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 assembly; all her gates are desolate, her priests do sigh: her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness.
for so shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth.