Lamentations 3:17

New Century Version

I have no more peace. I have forgotten what happiness is.

Cross References

Genesis 41:30

But after those seven years, there will come seven years of hunger, and all the food that grew in the land of Egypt will be forgotten. The time of hunger will eat up the land.

Job 7:7

Remember, God, that my life is only a breath. My eyes will never see happy times again.

Psalm 119:155

Wicked people are far from being saved, because they do not want your demands.

Isaiah 38:17

It was for my own good that I had such troubles. Because you love me very much, you did not let me die but threw my sins far away.

Isaiah 54:10

The mountains may disappear, and the hills may come to an end, but my love will never disappear; my promise of peace will not come to an end,” says the Lord who shows mercy to you.

Isaiah 59:11

All of us growl like the bears. We call out sadly like the doves. We look for justice, but there isn’t any. We want to be saved, but salvation is far away.

Jeremiah 12:12

Many soldiers have marched over those barren hills. The Lord is using the armies to punish that land from one end to the other. No one is safe.

Jeremiah 14:19

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

Jeremiah 16:5

So this is what the Lord says: “Jeremiah, do not go into a house where there is a funeral meal. Do not go there to cry for the dead or to show your sorrow for them, because I have taken back my blessing, my love, and my pity from these people,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:15

We hoped to have peace, but nothing good has come. We hoped for a time when he would heal us, but only terror has come.

Lamentations 1:16

“I cry about these things; my eyes overflow with tears. There is no one near to comfort me, no one who can give me strength again. My children are left sad and lonely, because the enemy has won.”

Zechariah 8:10

Before that time there was no money to hire people or animals. People could not safely come and go because of the enemies; I had turned everyone against his neighbor.