Lamentations 3:17
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
†And thou hast remoued my soule farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. good.
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- Isaiah 59:11Rank 1 from verse 17
- Genesis 41:30Rank 2 from verse 17
30And 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;
30And there shall arise after them, seuen yeeres of famine, and all the plentie shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt: and the famine shall consume the land.
- Isaiah 38:17Rank 3 from verse 17
17Behold, 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.
17‖†Behold, for peace I had great bitternesse, but thou hast in loue to my soule deliuered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sinnes behinde thy backe.
- Isaiah 54:10Rank 4 from verse 17
10For 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.
10For the mountaines shall depart, and the hilles be remoued, but my kindnesse shall not depart from thee, neither shall the couenant of my peace be remoued, saith the LORD, that hath mercie on thee.
- Jeremiah 14:19Rank 5 from verse 17
19Hast 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!
19*Hast thou vtterly reiected Iudah? hath thy soule loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten vs, and there is no healing for vs? we looked for peace, and there is no good, and for the time of healing, and behold trouble.
- Jeremiah 16:5Rank 6 from verse 17
5For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, even lovingkindness and mercies.
5‖For thus sayth the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither goe to lament nor bemoane them: for I haue taken away my peace from this people, sayth the LORD, euen louing kindnesse and mercies.
- Jeremiah 20:14–18Rank 7 from verse 17
14¶ Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
16And let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
17Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
18Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
14¶ Cursed be the day wherein I was borne: let not the day wherein my mother bare mee, be blessed.
15*Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying: A man child is borne vnto thee, making him very glad.
16*And let that man be as the cities which the LORD ouerthrew and repented not: and let him heare the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noonetide,
17Because he slew me not from the wombe: or that my mother might haue beene my graue, and her wombe to be alwaies great with me.
18*Wherefore came I forth out of the wombe to see labour and sorrow, that my daies should be consumed with shame?
- Jeremiah 8:15Rank 8 from verse 17
- Lamentations 1:16Rank 10 from verse 17
16For 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.
16For these things I weepe, *mine eye, mine eye runneth downe with water, because the comforter that should †relieue my soule is farre from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy preuailed.
- Psalms 119:155Rank 11 from verse 17
- Zechariah 8:10Rank 12 from verse 17
10For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.
10‖*For before these daies there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast, neither was there any peace to him that went out, or came in, because of the affliction: for I set all men, euery one against his neighbour.
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Lamentations 3:17
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of remove, meaning to take or put away in any manner; to cause to leave a person or thing; to banish or destroy. To cause to change place; to put from its place in any manner.
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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.
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Freedom from war, strife, disturbance, or inward trouble; quietness, reconciliation, safety, or well-being.
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Forgot or failed to remember.
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prosperity
Success, welfare, peace, safety, abundance, wealth, or flourishing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
16‖He hath also broken my teeth with grauell stones, hee hath couered me with ashes.
17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
17†And thou hast remoued my soule farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie.
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