Lamentations 3:17

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I thought I would never have peace again. I forgot about good things.

Cross References

Isaiah 59:11

We are always complaining; we growl like bears and moan like doves. We are waiting for justice, but there is none. We are waiting to be saved, but salvation is still far away.

Zechariah 8:10

Before that time, people didn’t have the money to hire workers or to rent animals. And it was not safe for people to come and go. There was no relief from all the troubles. I had turned everyone against their neighbor.

Lamentations 1:16

“I cry about all these things. Tears are flowing down my cheeks. There is no one near to comfort me. There is no one who can make me feel better. My children are like a wasteland, because the enemy won.”

Jeremiah 16:5

So the Lord says, “Jeremiah, don’t go into a house where people are eating a funeral meal. Don’t go there to cry for the dead or to show your sorrow. Don’t do these things, because I have taken back my blessing. I will not be kind to the people of Judah. I will not feel sorry for them.” This message is from the Lord.

Jeremiah 14:19

Lord, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you hate Zion? You hurt us so badly that we cannot be made well again. Why did you do that? We were hoping for peace, but nothing good has come. We were hoping for a time of healing, but only terror came.

Jeremiah 8:15

We hoped to have peace, but nothing good has come. We hoped that he would forgive us, but only disaster has come.

Isaiah 54:10

“The mountains may disappear, and the hills may become dust, but my faithful love will never leave you. I will make peace with you, and it will never end.” The Lord who loves you said this.

Isaiah 38:17

Look, my troubles are gone! I now have peace. You love me very much. You did not let me rot in the grave. You took my sins and threw them away.

Psalm 119:155

The wicked have no hope of being saved, because they don’t follow your laws.

Job 7:7

God, remember, my life is like a breath. I will not get a second chance to enjoy it.

Genesis 41:30

But then there will be seven years of hunger. The people will forget how much food there had been in Egypt before. This famine will ruin the country.

Jeremiah 12:12

The empty hills are covered with soldiers who have come to destroy everything. The Lord is using them to punish that land from one end to the other. No one is safe.