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Jeremiah 8:18

GriefDiscouragement and depressionExhaustion

16 The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.

17 “For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.

My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.

19 Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?”

20 “The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, but we have not been saved.”

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Compare

BSB
My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.
KJV
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
WEB
Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me.
ASV
Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.
DARBY
My comfort in my sadness! my heart is faint in me!
BLB
My sorrow is beyond healing; My heart [is] faint within me.
ÅB
Å måtte jeg få hvile fra min sorg! Hjertet mitt er sykt i meg.
OTB
Min sorg er uten helbredelse, mitt hjerte er matt i meg.
B1930
Å måtte jeg få vederkvegelse i min sorg! Mitt hjerte er sykt i mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 6:24

    We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.

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  • Lamentations 1:16–17

    For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.

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  • Isaiah 22:4

    Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

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  • Lamentations 5:17

    Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—

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  • Jeremiah 10:19–22

    Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”

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  • Job 7:13–14

    When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

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  • Daniel 10:16–17

    And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.

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  • Habakkuk 3:16

    I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.

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