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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
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.
My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good.
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;
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 unto the serpent, - Of the fruit of the trees of the garden, we may eat;
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said Ye shall not eat of it neither shall ye touch it, - lest ye die.
For God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof, then shall your eyes be opened, - and ye shall become like God, knowing good and evil.
And, when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was desirable to the eyes and the tree was pleasant to make one knowing, then took she of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and she gave to her husband also, along with her, and he did eat.
Then were opened the eyes of them both, and they knew that, naked, they were, - so they tacked together fig-leaves, and made for themselves girdles,
And Yahweh God called unto the man, - and said to him, Where art thou?
And he said, Who told thee that, naked, thou wast? Of the tree whereof I commanded thee not to eat, hast thou eaten?
Then said Yahweh God to the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, the serpent, deceived me, so I did eat.
Then said Yahweh God unto the serpent - Because thou hast done this, Accursed, art thou above every tame-beast, and above every wild-beast of the field, - on thy belly, shall thou go, and dust, shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.
Unto the woman, he said, I will, increase, thy pain of pregnancy, In pain, shalt thou year children, - Yet, unto thy husband, shall be thy hinging, Though, he, rule over thee.
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.
