Lamentations 3:17

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

"And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity." - Lamentations 3:17
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What does Lamentations 3:17 mean?

The verse Lamentations 3:17 from the King James Version (KJV) reads, "And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgot prosperity." This verse comes from the book of Lamentations, which is a collection of poetic laments for the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BCE. The…

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The Distant Echo of Peace: Rediscovering Prosperity in Suffering

The book of Lamentations, authored by the prophet Jeremiah, is a profound expression of grief and despair. In Lamentations 3:17, he writes, "And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity." This poignant verse encapsulates the heart of a person who has…

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A Prayer for Restoration and Peace in Times of Distress

Heavenly Father, As I come before Your throne of grace, I am reminded of the words of Lamentations 3:17, "And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity." Lord, there are moments in my life where I feel as though peace has slipped through my fingers, and…

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Lamentations 3:17 - "And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity."
Lamentations 3:17-18 - "You have taken off my clothes of peace and clothed me with your wrath. You have removed my soul far from peace; I have forgotten prosperity. And I thought: My strength and my hope have perished from the LORD."
"You have taken off my clothes of peace and clothed me with your wrath. You have removed my soul far from peace; I have forgotten prosperity. And I thought: My strength and my hope have perished from the LORD." - Lamentations 3:17-18
Lamentations 3:13
Lamentations 5:17 - "For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim."
Lamentations 3:1-18
Lamentations 3:31 - "For the Lord will not cast off for ever:"
Lamentations 3:23 - "They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness."
Lamentations 5:3 - "We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows."
Lamentations 3:36 - "To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not."
Lamentations 3:3 - "Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day."
Lamentations 3:27 - "It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth."
Lamentations 3:38 - "Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?"
Lamentations 3:47 - "Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction."
Lamentations 3:19 - "Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall."
Lamentations 3:34 - "To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,"
Lamentations 3:50 - "Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven."
Lamentations 3:37 - "¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?"
Lamentations 3:29 - "He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope."
Lamentations 3:2 - "He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light."
Lamentations 3:21 - "This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope."
Lamentations 3:45 - "Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people."
Lamentations 3:49 - "Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,"
Lamentations 3:20 - "My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me."
Lamentations 3:35 - "To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,"
Lamentations 3:46 - "All our enemies have opened their mouths against us."
Lamentations 3:63 - "Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick."
Lamentations 3:33 - "For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men."
Lamentations 3:65 - "Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them."