Lamentations 3:17
My soul is deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
In Context
16He has made my teeth grind with gravel, and he made me cower in the ashes. 1
18So I say, “My endurance has perished and so has my hope in Yahweh.” 1
Cross References
Job 7:7God, call to mind that my life is only a breath; 1 my eye will no more see good. 1
Isaiah 38:17It was for my benefit that I experienced such grief. 1 You have rescued me from the pit of destruction; 1 for you have thrown all my sins behind your back. 1
Isaiah 59:11We growl like bears and moan like doves; 1 we wait for justice, but there is none; for rescue, but it is far from us. 1
Jeremiah 14:19Have you completely rejected Judah? Do you hate Zion? 1 Why will you afflict us when there is no healing for us? We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good— 1 and for a time of healing, but see, there is only terror. 1
Jeremiah 20:14Let the day when I was born be cursed. 1 Do not let the day that my mother bore me be blessed. 1
Zechariah 8:10For before those days 1 no crops were gathered in by anyone, 1 there was no profit for either man or beast, 1 and there was no peace from enemies for anyone going or coming. 1 I had set every person each against his neighbor. 1
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 →