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Lamentations 3:17

PeaceDiscouragement and depressionGrief

15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

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

18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

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BSB
My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
KJV
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
WEB
You have removed my soul far away from peace. I forgot prosperity.
ASV
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.
DARBY
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I have forgotten prosperity.
BLB
My soul has been rejected from peace; I have forgotten good,
ÅB
Du forkastet meg og tok bort min fred; jeg glemte det som godt er,
OTB
Min sjel kjenner ingen fred; og jeg har glemt hva lykke er.
B1930
Du forkastet mig og tok bort min fred; jeg glemte det som godt er,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 59:11

    We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

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  • Genesis 41:30

    And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;

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  • Lamentations 1:16

    For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.

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  • Isaiah 38:17

    Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

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  • Jeremiah 8:15

    We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!

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  • Jeremiah 14:19

    Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

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  • Job 7:7

    O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

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  • Isaiah 54:10

    For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.

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