Lamentations 3:17 “My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity i…”

Lamentations 3:17

My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

World English Bible

You have removed my soul far away from peace. I forgot prosperity.

American Standard Version

And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thus my soule was farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie,

Darby Translation

And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I have forgotten prosperity.

Young's Literal Translation

And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity.

Bible in Basic English

My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good.

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Cross references

“thou”

Isaiah 59:11 Lamentations 1:16 Psalm 119:155 Isaiah 38:17 Isaiah 54:10 Jeremiah 8:15

Isaiah 59:11 · BSB

We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

Lamentations 1:16 · BSB

For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.

Psalm 119:155 · BSB

Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.

Isaiah 38:17 · BSB

Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

Isaiah 54:10 · BSB

Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

Jeremiah 8:15 · BSB

We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

“I forgat”

Genesis 41:30 Job 7:7 Jeremiah 20:14–18

Genesis 41:30 · BSB

but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.

Job 7:7 · BSB

Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.

Jeremiah 20:14–18 · BSB

Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.

18So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”

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