EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Jeremiah 8:21
21I am very upset because my dear people have so much pain. I weep and I cry, as if a friend had died.
Jeremiah 8:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
- New International Version (NIV)Since my people are crushed, I am crushed; I mourn, and horror grips me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the wound of the daughter of my people is my heart wounded; I mourn, and dismay has taken hold on me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am hurt. I am mourning; Astonishment has taken hold of me.
Context of Jeremiah 8:21
19Listen to my dear people! They are calling out for help everywhere in the land. They are saying, “Is the Lord still with us in Zion? Is he still there to rule us as our King?” ’ The Lord replies, ‘They worship images of false gods. and useless foreign idols. That has made me very angry.’ 20The people say, ‘We have taken in all our crops from the fields. The summer has finished. And still nobody has rescued us.’ I am very upset because my dear people have so much pain. I weep and I cry, as if a friend had died. 22Surely there is a medicine in Gilead. There is a doctor there who can make my dear people better. But my people are still ill. Why are they not better?
Read all of Jeremiah 8Jeremiah 8:21 word by word
עַל־שֶׁ֥בֶר בַּת־עַמִּ֖י הָשְׁבָּ֑רְתִּי קָדַ֕רְתִּי שַׁמָּ֖ה הֶחֱזִקָֽתְנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 8:21
- Jeremiah 4:19I am so upset! My body is shaking with pain. My heart beats hard inside me. I cannot keep still. I cannot keep quiet. I have heard the noise of the enemy's trumpets and the shouts of their soldiers.
- Jeremiah 9:1‘My head should be like a pool of water. My eyes should be like a river of tears. Then I would never stop crying for my dear people who have died in war.
- Jeremiah 14:17Say this to the people, Jeremiah: “Tears pour from my eyes all the time. I weep through each day and each night. I am sad about my own dear people. A great trouble has knocked them to the ground. They have received a very bad wound.
- Jeremiah 17:16Lord, I have not stopped taking care of your people. I have never asked you to destroy them on one final day. You know that, and you know everything that I have said.
- Nehemiah 2:3I replied to the king, ‘May the king live for ever! I am sad because enemies have destroyed the city where my ancestors are buried. They burned the city's gates.’
- Psalms 137:3Our enemies asked us to sing songs for them there. They laughed at us as their prisoners. They asked for a song to make them happy. They shouted, ‘Sing us a song about Zion!’
- Luke 19:41When Jesus got near to the city, he looked at it. He cried because he felt very sorry for the people in it.
- Romans 9:1What I am telling you is true. I speak as someone who belongs to Christ. I am not telling lies. God's Holy Spirit rules my thoughts and I am sure that I am right.
- Joel 2:6Nations that see them are very afraid. Every face changes colour.
- Nahum 2:10They take the valuable things from the city. They take everything that they can. And they destroy everything else. The people are very sad. Their knees and their bodies shake. Their faces become white because they are afraid.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 8:21
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21For the hurt hurt - literally, “Because of the breaking broken.” These are the words of the prophet, whose heart is crushed by the cry of his countrymen. I am black - Or, I go mourning.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-22Verses 14-22 At length they begin to see the hand of God lifted up. And when God appears against us, every thing that is against us appears formidable. As salvation only can be found in the Lord, so the present moment should be seized. Is there no medicine proper for a sick and dying kingdom? Is there no skilful, faithful hand to apply the medicine? Yes, God is able to help and to heal them. If sinners die of their wounds, their blood is upon their own…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-22Jeremiah felt the pain of his people. The close relationship between the Lord and his prophet means that sometimes "I" or "me" can refer to the Lord too. The Lord also feels the pain of his people (compare Matthew 23:37).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. black--sad in visage with grief (Joe 2:6).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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