Lamentations 3:46–47
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
All our enemies haue opened their mouthes against vs.
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
*Feare and a snare is come vpon vs, desolation and destruction.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceIsai.24.17.
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From verse 46
- Lamentations 2:16Rank 1 from verse 46
16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
16All thine enemies haue opened their mouth against thee: they hisse and gnash the teeth: they say, We haue swallowed her vp: certainly this is the day that we looked for: we haue found, we haue seene it.
- Psalms 22:6–8Rank 2 from verse 46
6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
6But I am a worme, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
7*†All they that see me, laugh me to scorne: they shoote out the lippe, they shake the head, saying,
8*†‖He trusted on the LORD, that he would deliuer him: let him deliuer him, seeing he delighted in him.
- Exodus 11:7Rank 3 from verse 46
7But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
7But against any of the children of Israel, shal not a dog moue his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference betweene the Egyptians and Israel.
- Job 30:9–11Rank 4 from verse 46
9And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
10They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
11Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
9*And now am I their song, yea I am their by-word.
10They abhorre me, they flee farre from me, †and spare not to spit in my face.
11Because hee hath loosed my cord and afflicted me, they haue also let loose the bridle before me.
- Matthew 27:38–45Rank 5 from verse 46
38Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
39¶ And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
41Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
42He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
44The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
45Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
38Then were there two theeues crucified with him: one on the right hand, and another on the left.
39¶ And they that passed by, reuiled him, wagging their heads,
40And saying, Thou that destroyest the Temple, & buildest it in three dayes, saue thy selfe: If thou be the Sonne of God, come downe from the Crosse.
41Likewise also the chiefe Priests mocking him, with the Scribes and Elders, said,
42He saued others, himselfe he cannot saue: If he be the King of Israel, let him now come downe from the Crosse, and we will beleeue him.
43*He trusted in God, let him deliuer him now if hee will haue him: for he said, I am the Sonne of God.
44The thieues also which were crucified with him, cast y e same in his teeth.
45Now from the sixth houre there was darkenesse ouer all the land vnto the ninth houre.
- Psalms 44:13–14Rank 6 from verse 46
13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
13*Thou makest vs a reproch to our neighbours, a scorne and a derision to them that are round about vs.
14*Thou makest vs a by-word among the heathen: a shaking of the head among the people.
- Psalms 79:10Rank 7 from verse 46
10Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
10†Wherfore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be knowen among the heathen in our sight by the reuenging of the blood of thy seruants which is shed.
- Psalms 79:4Rank 8 from verse 46
From verse 47
- Isaiah 24:17–18Rank 1 from verse 47
17Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
17Feare, and the pit, & the snare are vpon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18*And it shall come to passe, that he who fleeth from the noise of the feare, shall fall into the pit; and he that commeth vp out of the midst of the pit, shalbe taken in the snare: for the windowes from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth doe shake.
- Isaiah 51:19Rank 2 from verse 47
19These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
19*††These two things are come vnto thee; who shall be sorie for thee? desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
- Jeremiah 48:43–44Rank 3 from verse 47
43Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.
44He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.
43*Feare, and the pit, and the snare shall be vpon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
44Hee that fleeth from the feare shall fall into the pit, and he that getteth vp out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring vpon it, euen vpon Moab, the yeere of their visitation, saith the LORD.
- Lamentations 1:13Rank 4 from verse 47
13From above 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.
13From aboue hath he sent fire into my bones, and it preuaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feete, he hath turned me backe: he hath made me desolate, and faint all the day.
- Lamentations 1:4Rank 5 from verse 47
4The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
4The wayes of Zion do mourne, because none come to the solemne feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh: her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitternesse.
- Lamentations 2:1–9Rank 6 from verse 47
1HOW hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
2The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
3He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
4He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
5The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
6And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
7The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.
8The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
9Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.
1¶ How hath the LORD couered the daughter of Zion with a cloud, in his anger, and cast downe from heauen vnto the earth the beautie of Israel, and remembred not his footstoole in the day of his anger?
2The LORD hath swallowed vp all the habitations of Iacob, and hath not pitied: he hath throwen downe in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Iudah: he hath †brought them down to the ground: hee hath polluted the kingdome and the princes thereof.
3He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horne of Israel: he hath drawen backe his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Iacob like a flaming fire which deuoureth round about.
4He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an aduersary, and slew all that were †pleasant to the eye, in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he powred out his furie like fire.
5The LORD was an enemie: he hath swallowed vp Israel, hee hath swallowed vp all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Iudah mourning and lamentation.
6And he hath violently *taken away his ‖tabernacle, as if it were of a garden, hee hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemne feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the King and the Priest.
7†The LORD hath cast off his Altar: hee hath abhorred his Sanctuarie: he hath giuen vp into the hand of the enemie the walles of her palaces: they haue made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemne Feast.
8†The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line: he hath not withdrawen his hand from destroying: therefore hee made the rampart and the wall to lament: they languished together.
9*Her gates are sunke into the ground: he hath destroyed and broken her barres: her King and her Princes are among the Gentiles: the Law is no more, her prophets also finde no vision from the LORD.
- Luke 21:35Rank 7 from verse 47
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Lamentations 3:46
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of open, meaning to uncover, reveal, or explain.
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Sense 1: The opening used for eating and speaking. Sense 2: An opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.
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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.
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Lamentations 3:47
1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.
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1. Figuratively, something that catches, entangles, endangers, or brings a person into bondage or restraint. 2. A trap, noose, or device for catching.
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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.
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desolation
Devastation or ruin; the state or result of being laid waste, emptied, or left without inhabitants.
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destruction
The act, result, or state of destroying: ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or that which brings ruin.
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3:37¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
3:37¶ *Who is hee that sayth, and it commeth to passe, when the LORD commandeth it not?
3:38Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
3:38*Out of the mouth of the most hie proceedeth not euill and good?
3:39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
3:39‖Wherefore doeth a liuing man complaine, a man for the punishment of his sinnes?
3:40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.
3:40Let vs search and try our waies, and turne againe to the LORD.
3:41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
3:41Let vs lift vp our heart with our hands vnto God in the heauens.
3:42We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
3:42We haue transgressed, and haue rebelled, thou hast not pardoned.
3:43Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
3:43Thou hast couered with anger, and persecuted vs: thou hast slaine, thou hast not pitied.
3:44Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
3:44Thou hast couered thy selfe with a cloud, that our prayer should not passe through.
3:45Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
3:45*Thou hast made vs as the offscouring and refuse in the middest of the people.
3:46All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
3:46All our enemies haue opened their mouthes against vs.
Selected passage3:47Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
3:47*Feare and a snare is come vpon vs, desolation and destruction.
Selected passage3:48Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
3:48Mine eye runneth downe with riuers of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
3:49Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
3:49Mine eye trickleth downe and ceaseth not, without any intermission:
3:50Till the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.
3:50Till the LORD looke downe, and behold from heauen.
3:51Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
3:51†‖Mine eye affecteth mine heart, because of all the daughters of my city.
3:52Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
3:52Mine enemies chased me sore like a bird, without cause.
3:53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
3:53They haue cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone vpon me.
3:54Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
3:54Waters flowed ouer mine head, then I sayd, I am cut off.