OLD TESTAMENT

Lamentations 3:47

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47

Terror and the pit have come on us, devastation and destruction.”

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Verse 47. Prophecy. Many would read, vastatio. Hebrew “ruin.” Septuagint “taking away.” Calmet.—Prot. “Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.” The prophets were continually in danger. Bible.—The preaching of false prophets has brought these evils upon the people. Worthington.

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