Lamentations 3:17-18

“And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:”

"And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:" - Lamentations 3:17-18
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What does Lamentations 3:17-18 mean?

Lamentations 3:17-18 in the King James Version reads: "And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord." The book of Lamentations is a collection of five poetic laments over the destruction of…

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Finding Hope in the Midst of Despair: An In-Depth Reflection on Lamentations 3:17-18

The book of Lamentations, attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, is a profound expression of grief and mourning in response to the devastation of Jerusalem. Within its verses, we encounter a raw and honest exploration of human suffering that resonates profoundly in our contemporary…

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A Cry for Restoration and Hope Amidst Despair

O Gracious and Everlasting Father, As I come before You today, I am overwhelmed by the weight of my struggles, the silent cries of my heart echoing through the halls of my mind. In deep reflection, I turn to the words of the prophet Jeremiah, who in his lament declared, "And…

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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."
Lamentations 3:1-18
Lamentations 3:18 - "And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:"
Lamentations 3:17 - "And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity."
1 Samuel 3:17-18
"And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:" - Lamentations 3:18
"And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity." - Lamentations 3:17
Lamentations 3:13
Lamentations 5:17 - "For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim."
Lamentations 5:18 - "Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it."
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 3:38 - "Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?"
Lamentations 3:27 - "It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth."
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 3:29 - "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 3:37 - "¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?"
Lamentations 3:49 - "Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,"
Lamentations 3:45 - "Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people."
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,"