Lamentations 3:17
He hath put my soule out of rest, I forget all good thinges.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
In Context
16He hath smitten my teeth in peeces with stones, and roulled me in the dust.
18I thought in my selfe, I am vndone, there is no hope for me in the Lorde.
Cross References
Isaiah 38:17Beholde, bitter as gall was my pensiuenesse, so sore longed I for health, and it was thy pleasure to deliuer my lyfe from the filthy pit: for thou it is [O Lorde] that hast cast all my sinnes behynde thy backe.
Isaiah 59:11We roare all like beares, and mourne still like doues: we looke for equitie, but there is none: for health, but it is farre from vs.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:2-21
The Prophet's Personal Affliction. ( b. c. 588.) 1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath… Read the whole commentary →