Lamentations 3:17 (GNV)

Passage

Thus my soule was farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie,

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:15 He hath filled me with bitternes, and made me drunken with wormewood.

Lamentations 3:16 He hath also broken my teeth with stones, and hath couered me with ashes.

Lamentations 3:17 Thus my soule was farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie,

Lamentations 3:18 And I saide, My strength and mine hope is perished from the Lord,

Lamentations 3:19 Remembring mine affliction, and my mourning, the wormewood and the gall.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thus", "soule", "farre", "peace", "forgate", and "prosperitie". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thus" and "soule", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "He hath also broken my teeth with..." into verse 18's "And I saide My strength and mine...", so "thus" and "soule" 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 "thus" and "soule" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.