Text -- Lamentations 3:47 (NET)

3:47 Panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Lam 3:47

¹ tn The similar sounding nouns פַּחַד וָפַחַת (pakhad vafakhat, “panic and pitfall”) are an example of paronomasia.

² tn Similar to the paronomasia in the preceding line, the words הַשֵּׁאת וְהַשָּׁבֶר (hashe’t vÿhashaver, “devastation and destruction”) form an example of alliteration: the beginning of the words sound alike.