Lamentations 3:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Thou hast removed my soul far off from peace. — The verb is found in this sense in Psalms 88:14. By some critics it is taken as passive, and in the 3rd person feminine. My soul loathes peace, i.e., has lost even the desire of better things; or, My soul is despised of peace, i.e., is shut out from it. But the Authorised version is preferable.

Lamentations 3:17

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