Rashi, on Lam 3:47

“Phe. Prophecy is become to us a fear, and a snare, and destruction.”

“We had terror and pitfalls When we fled because of the terror, we fell into the pit. desolation Heb. הַשֵׁאת, an expression of desolation (שְּׁאִיָה).”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.