Lamentations 3:17
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
Context
This verse from Lamentations Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. The central and longest lament shifts to first-person male singular. The man has seen affliction under the rod of God's wrath — led into darkness with no light, his flesh wasted, his way blocked with hewn stone. The famous pivot: …
Other Translations
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.
And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity.
My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good.
Cross References
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land …
O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit …
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall …
We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, …
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing …
For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for …
Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.