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Jeremiah 8:21

What does Jeremiah 8:21 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 8:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay hath taken hold on me.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay hath taken hold on me.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For the destruction of the daughter of my people I am broken: I am dressed in the clothing of grief; fear has taken me in its grip.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

For a breach of the daughter of my people have I been broken, I have been black, astonishment hath seized me.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For the affliction of the daughter of my people I am afflicted, and made sorrowful, astonishment hath taken hold on me.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

— For the breach of the daughter of my people am I crushed; I go mourning; astonishment hath taken hold of me.

Context

v.20The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

v.21This passage

v.22Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 19:41

    And when he drew nigh, he saw the city and wept over it,

  • Joel 2:6

    At their presence the peoples are in anguish; all faces are waxed pale.

  • Jeremiah 14:17

    And thou shalt say this word unto them, Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.

  • Nahum 2:10

    She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale.

  • Jeremiah 17:16

    As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.

  • Song of Solomon 1:5

    I am black, but comely, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.

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