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Lamentations 3:17 KJV
Lamentations · chapter 3 · verse 17
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.Lamentations 3:17 · King James Version
Lamentations 3:17 in context
15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- removedzânachreject, forsake, failH2186 →
- forgatnâshâhto forgetH5382 →
- peaceshâlôwmsafeH7965 →
- soulnepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
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The title of the 102nd Psalm might very fitly be prefixed to this chapter - The prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his complaint before the Lord; for it is very feelingly and fluently that the complaint is here poured out. Let us observe the particulars of it. The prophet complains, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-20