Lamentations 3:47 (KJV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

Lamentations 3:46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

Lamentations 3:47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

Lamentations 3:48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Lamentations 3:49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "fear", "snare", "come", "upon", "desolation", and "destruction". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "fear" 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 have opened their mouths..." into verse 48's "Mine eye runneth down with rivers of...", so "fear" 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 "fear" and "snare" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.