Lamentations 3:47 (YLT)

Passage

Fear and a snare hath been for us, Desolation and destruction.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:45 Offscouring and refuse Thou dost make us In the midst of the peoples.

Lamentations 3:46 Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies.

Lamentations 3:47 Fear and a snare hath been for us, Desolation and destruction.

Lamentations 3:48 Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Lamentations 3:49 Mine eye is poured out, And doth not cease without intermission,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "fear", "snare", "hath", "been", "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 "Opened against us their mouth have all..." into verse 48's "Rivulets of water go down my eye...", 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.