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Lamentations 3:46–48

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3:46All our enemies have gloated over us;96

3:47Panic and pitfall97 have come upon us,

devastation and destruction.98

3:48Streams99 of tears flow from my eyes100

because my people101 are destroyed.102

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Footnotes

  1. 96 Heb “open wide their mouths.”
  2. 97 The similar sounding nouns פַּחַד וָפַחַת (pakhad vafakhat, “panic and pitfall”) are an example of paronomasia.
  3. 98 Similar to the paronomasia in the preceding line, the words הַשֵּׁאת וְהַשָּׁבֶר (hashe’t véhashaver, “devastation and destruction”) form an example of alliteration: the beginning of the words sound alike.
  4. 99 Heb “canals.” The phrase “canals of water” (eye water = tears) is an example of hyperbole. The English idiom “streams of tears” is also hyperbolic.
  5. 100 Heb “my eyes flow down with canals of water.”
  6. 101 Heb “the daughter of my people,” or “the Daughter, my people.”
  7. 102 Heb “because of the destruction of [the daughter of my people].”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“All our enemies

open their mouths against us;

panic and pitfall have come upon us,

devastation and destruction;

my eyes flow with rivers of tears

because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“All our enemies have opened their mouths

wide against us.

We have suffered terror and pitfalls,

ruin and destruction.”

Streams of tears flow from my eyes

because my people are destroyed.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“All our enemies

open their mouths against us.

We have experienced panic and pitfall,

devastation and destruction.”

My eyes flow with streams of tears

because of the destruction of my dear people.

NLTNew Living Translation

“All our enemies

have spoken out against us.

We are filled with fear,

for we are trapped, devastated, and ruined.”

Tears stream from my eyes

because of the destruction of my people!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

All our enemies

have opened their mouth against us.

Fear and a pit have come upon us,

desolation and destruction.

Channels of water run down my eyes

because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

KJV 1900King James Version

All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

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

Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.