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Lamentations 3:17
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I have been deprived of peace;I have forgotten what prosperity is.
You have removed my soul far off from shalom; I forgot prosperity.
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
my soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is;
My soul has been excluded from peace; I have forgotten happiness.
I have no more peace. I have forgotten what happiness is.
My soul has been cast far away from peace; I have forgotten happiness.
You have removed my soul far off from peace; I forgot prosperity.
Thus my soule was farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie,
My soul has been rejected from peace; I have forgotten happiness.
My soul has been rejected from peace;I have forgotten goodness.
My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
I cannot find peace or remember happiness.
I have been so deprived of peace, I have so forgotten what happiness is,
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I have forgotten prosperity.
I thought I would never have peace again. I forgot about good things.
My soul has gone astray from peace, I have forgotten prosperity.
I have forgotten what health and peace and happiness are.
My life has been removed from peace, I have forgotten goodness.
And You cast off my soul from peace; I have forgotten goodness.
He hath put my soule out of rest, I forget all good thinges.
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.
And my soul is removed far off from peace, I forgot prosperity.
And thou hast remoued my soule farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie.
He hath put my soule out of rest, I forget all good thinges.
He has also removed my soul from peace: I forgot prosperity.
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.
Vau. And my soule is putte awei; Y haue foryete goodis.
And you have removed my soul far off from peace; I forgot prosperity.
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.
You have moved my soul far from peace; I have forgotten prosperity.
Peace has been stripped away, and I have forgotten what prosperity is.
Peace has left my soul. I have forgotten what it is like to be happy.
my soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is;
And thou hast thrust away from welfare, my soul, I have forgotten prosperity;
Vau. And my soul is removed far off from peace, I have forgotten good things.
my soul is bereft of peace, I have forgotten what happiness is;
And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
thou: Lamentations 1:16, Psalms 119:155, Isaiah 38:17, Isaiah 54:10, Isaiah 59:11, Jeremiah 8:15, Jeremiah 14:19, Jeremiah 16:5, Zechariah 8:10
I forgat: Genesis 41:30, Job 7:7, Jeremiah 20:14-18
prosperity: Heb. good
Reciprocal: Psalms 77:3 - I complained John 14:1 - not John 14:27 - not
Cross-References
And the woman said, We may take of the fruit of the trees in the garden:
But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you.
For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.
And their eyes were open and they were conscious that they had no clothing and they made themselves coats of leaves stitched together.
And the voice of the Lord God came to the man, saying, Where are you?
And he said, Who gave you the knowledge that you were without clothing? Have you taken of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take?
And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.
And the Lord God said to the snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life:
To the woman he said, Great will be your pain in childbirth; in sorrow will your children come to birth; still your desire will be for your husband, but he will be your master.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace,.... From the time the city was besieged by the Chaldeans, and now the people was carried captive; who could have no true peace, being in a foreign land, in an enemy's country, and out of their own, and far from the place of divine worship; nor could the prophet have any peace of soul, in the consideration of these things, the city, temple, and nation, being desolate, though he himself was not in captivity.
I forgat prosperity; or "good" q; he had been so long from the enjoyment of it, that he had lost the idea of it, and was thoughtless about it, never expecting to see it any more.
q טובה "bonorum", V. L. "boni", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Having dwelt upon the difficulties which hemmed in his path, he now shows that there are dangers attending upon escape.
Lamentations 3:11
The meaning is, “God, as a lion, lying in wait, has made me turn aside from my path, but my flight was in vain, for springing upon me from His ambush lie has torn me in pieces.”
Desolate - Or, astonied, stupefied that he cannot flee. The word is a favorite one with Jeremiah.
Lamentations 3:12
This new simile arises out of the former one, the idea of a hunter being suggested by that of the bear and lion. When the hunter comes, it is not to save him.
Lamentations 3:14
Metaphor is dropped, and Jeremiah shows the real nature of the arrows which rankled in him so deeply.
Lamentations 3:15
“He hath” filled me to the full with bitterness, i. e. bitter sorrows Job 9:18.
Lamentations 3:16
Broken my teeth with gravel stones - His bread was so filled with grit that in eating it his teeth were broken.
Lamentations 3:17
Prosperity - literally, as in the margin, i. e. I forgot what good was, I lost the very idea of what it meant.
Lamentations 3:18
The prophet reaches the verge of despair. But by struggling against it he reaches at length firm ground.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 17. Thou hast removed my soul — Prosperity is at such an utter distance from me, that it is impossible I should ever reach it; and as to happiness, I have forgotten whether I have ever tasted of it.
