Charles Ellicott Commentary Lamentations 3:47

"Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and destruction." — Lamentations 3:47 (ASV)

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.