Jeremiah 8:21

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

19Behold, listen! The cry of the daughter of my people from a distant land: “Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King not within her?” “Why have they provoked Me with their carved images, with foreign idols?” 20“Harvest is past, summer is over, And we are not saved.” I am broken over the brokenness of the daughter of my people. I mourn, dismay has taken hold of me. 22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people been restored?

Jeremiah 8:21 word by word

עַל־שֶׁ֥בֶר בַּת־עַמִּ֖י הָשְׁבָּ֑רְתִּי קָדַ֕רְתִּי שַׁמָּ֖ה הֶחֱזִקָֽתְנִי׃Read the interlinear

• I am brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• brokennessשֶׁ֫בֶרsheber shêber · breakingH7667
• of the daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• mournקָדַרqâdar · be darkH6937
• dismayשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: appalledH8047
• has takenחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: holdH2388
• holdחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: holdH2388

Cross-references for Jeremiah 8:21

• Jeremiah 4:19My soul, my soul! I am in anguish! Oh, my heart! My heart is pounding in me; I cannot keep silent, Because, my soul, you have heard The sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war.
• Jeremiah 9:1Oh, that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For those slain of the daughter of my people!
• Jeremiah 14:17You will say this word to them, ‘Let my eyes stream down tears night and day, And let them not cease; For the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow, With a sorely infected wound.
• Jeremiah 17:16But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd following after You, Nor have I longed for the disastrous day; You Yourself know that the utterance of my lips Was in Your presence.
• Nehemiah 2:3And I said to the king, “May the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad when the city, the site of my fathers’ tombs, is desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?”
• Psalms 137:3For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors, jubilation, saying, “Sing for us one of the songs of Zion!”
• Luke 19:41When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it,
• Romans 9:1I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit,
• Joel 2:6Before them the people are in anguish; All faces turn pale.
• Nahum 2:10She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and waste! Hearts are melting and knees wobbling! Also trembling is in the entire body, And all their faces have become pale!

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

Topics related to Jeremiah 8:21

• Backsliders
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In the dictionaries

• Colour
• Repent
• Snorting
• Color; Colors
• Covenant, the New
• Exodus, the Book of
• Hurt
• Jeremiah (2)
• Mourning

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