Lamentations 3:17

Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

"And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And thou hast

נָסַע

nâçaʻ

H5265

properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney

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my

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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רָחַק

râchaq

H7368

to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)

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off from

שָׁלוֹם

shâlôwm

H7965

safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace

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I

שָׁכַח

shâkach

H7911

to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention

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שָׁלוֹם

shâlôwm

H7965

safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace

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Key Terms in This Verse

forgat H7911

שָׁכַח shâkach

to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention

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prosperity H7965

שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm

safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace

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removed H5265

נָסַע nâçaʻ

properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney

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far H7368

רָחַק râchaq

to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)

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peace H7965

שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm

safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace

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soul H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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Cross References

Isaiah 59:11 cross-reference

We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

Zechariah 8:10 cross-reference

For 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 ...

Jeremiah 8:15 cross-reference

We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!

Job 7:7 cross-reference

O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

Psalm 119:155 cross-reference

Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

Jeremiah 14:19 cross-reference

Hast 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 behol...

Genesis 41:30 cross-reference

And 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;

Lamentations 1:16 cross-reference

For 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.

Isaiah 54:10 cross-reference

For 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.

Isaiah 38:17 cross-reference

Behold, 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.

Jeremiah 16:5 cross-reference

For 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.

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