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Commentary for Lamentations 3:47

פַּ֧חַד וָפַ֛חַת הָ֥יָה לָ֖נוּ הַשֵּׁ֥את וְהַשָּֽׁבֶר׃

Terror and the pit are come upon us, Desolation and destruction.

Rashi on Lamentations

Terror then the pit. When we fled because of the terror, we fell into the pit.35See Yeshayahuu 24:17-18.
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Rashi on Lamentations

Ruin. An expression of desolation, as in, “ruin.”36The last three words “as in ‘ruin’” is omitted from Rashi’s text. (Sifsei Chachomim)
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