Lamentations 3:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I cannot find peace or remember happiness.

Cross References

Genesis 41:30

but that will be followed by seven years when there won't be enough. The good years of plenty will be forgotten, and everywhere in Egypt people will be starving.

Job 7:7

I beg you, God, don't forget! My life is just a breath, and trouble lies ahead.

Psalm 119:155

Evil people won't obey you, and so they have no hope of being saved.

Isaiah 38:17

It was for my own good that I had such hard times. But your love protected me from doom in the deep pit, and you turned your eyes away from my sins.

Isaiah 54:10

Every mountain and hill may disappear. But I will always be kind and merciful to you; I won't break my agreement to give your nation peace.

Isaiah 59:11

We growl like bears and mourn like doves. We hope for justice and victory, but they escape us.

Jeremiah 12:12

A destroying army marches along desert roads and attacks everywhere. They are my deadly sword; no one is safe from them.

Jeremiah 14:19

Have you rejected Judah, LORD? Do you hate Jerusalem? Why did you strike down Judah with a fatal wound? We had hoped for peace and a time of healing, but all we got was terror.

Jeremiah 16:5

When someone dies, don't visit the family or show any sorrow. I will no longer love or bless or have any pity on the people of Judah.

Jeremiah 8:15

We had hoped for peace and a time of healing, but all we got was terror.

Lamentations 1:16

Because of this, I mourn, and tears flood my eyes. No one is here to comfort or to encourage me; we have lost the war— my people are suffering.

Zechariah 8:10

Before that time, neither people nor animals were rewarded for their work, and no one was safe anywhere, because I had turned them against each other.