Lamentations 3:47 (GNV)

Passage

Feare, and a snare is come vpon vs with desolation and destruction.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:45 Thou hast made vs as the ofscouring and refuse in the middes of the people.

Lamentations 3:46 All our enemies haue opened their mouth against vs.

Lamentations 3:47 Feare, and a snare is come vpon vs with desolation and destruction.

Lamentations 3:48 Mine eye casteth out riuers of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Lamentations 3:49 Mine eye droppeth without stay and ceaseth not,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "feare", "snare", "come", "vpon", "desolation", and "destruction". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "feare" and "snare", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 46's "All our enemies haue opened their mouth..." into verse 48's "Mine eye casteth out riuers of water...", so "feare" and "snare" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "feare" and "snare" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.