Lamentações de Jeremias 3:17

17 Alongaste da paz a minha alma; esqueci-me do que seja a felicidade.

Lamentações de Jeremias 3:17 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:17

And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace
From the time the city was besieged by the Chaldeans, and now the people was carried captive; who could have no true peace, being in a foreign land, in an enemy's country, and out of their own, and far from the place of divine worship; nor could the prophet have any peace of soul, in the consideration of these things, the city, temple, and nation, being desolate, though he himself was not in captivity. I forgat prosperity;
or "good" F17; he had been so long from the enjoyment of it, that he had lost the idea of it, and was thoughtless about it, never expecting to see it any more.


FOOTNOTES:

F17 (hbwj) "bonorum", V. L. "boni", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Michaelis.

Lamentações de Jeremias 3:17 In-Context

15 Encheu-me de amarguras, fartou-me de absinto.
16 Quebrou com pedrinhas de areia os meus dentes, cobriu-me de cinza.
17 Alongaste da paz a minha alma; esqueci-me do que seja a felicidade.
18 Digo, pois: Já pereceu a minha força, como também a minha esperança no Senhor.
19 Lembra-te da minha aflição e amargura, do absinto e do fel.
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