Fear and a snare. — A quotation from Jeremiah 48:43, and Isaiah 24:17.
Desolation. — Better, devastation. The Hebrew noun is not found elsewhere, but the cognate verb in Isaiah 37:26 is rendered “to lay waste.”
Related Commentaries of Lamentations 3:47
Lamentations 3:47
47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.