Jeremiah 8:18
16 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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 fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Read in contextLamentations 1:16–17
For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
Read in contextIsaiah 22:4
Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
Read in contextLamentations 5:17
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:19–22
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
Read in contextJob 7:13–14
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
Read in contextDaniel 10:16–17
And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
Read in contextHabakkuk 3:16
When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
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