Lamentations 3:17

17 And Thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgot prosperity.

Lamentations 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Lamentations 3:17 In-Context

15 He hath filled me with bitterness; He hath made me drunken with wormwood.

16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; He hath covered me with ashes.

17 And Thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgot prosperity.

18 And I said, "My strength and my hope are perished from the LORD,"

19 remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.