Lamentations 3:17 (DRB)

Passage

Vau. And my soul is removed far off from peace, I have forgotten good things.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:15 He. He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath inebriated me with wormwood.

Lamentations 3:16 Vau. And he hath broken my teeth one by one, he hath fed me with ashes.

Lamentations 3:17 Vau. And my soul is removed far off from peace, I have forgotten good things.

Lamentations 3:18 Vau. And I said: My end and my hope is perished from the Lord.

Lamentations 3:19 Zain. Remember my poverty, and transgression, the wormwood and the gall.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "soul", "removed", "peace", "forgotten", "good", and "things". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "soul" and "removed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "Vau And he hath broken my teeth..." into verse 18's "Vau And I said My end and...", so "soul" and "removed" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "soul" and "removed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.