Jeremiah 8:19

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

¹⁸ My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.

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.”

²¹ For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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?”
KJV: 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?
WEB: Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: “Isn’t the LORD in Zion? Isn’t her King in her?” “Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images, and with foreign idols?”
ASV: Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: is not Jehovah in Zion? is not her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with foreign vanities?
DARBY: Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people, from a very far country: Is not Jehovah in Zion? Is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, with foreign vanities?
BLB: Behold! The voice of the outcry of the daughter of my people, from a land far away: “[Is] YHWH not in Zion? Is her King not in her?” “Why have they provoked Me with their carved images, with foreign idols?”

ÅB: Se, mitt folks skrik lyder fra et land langt borte: Er Herren da ikke i Sion? Eller er dets konge ikke der? - Hvorfor har de vakt min harme med sine utskårne bilder, med fremmede lands falske guder?
OTB: Lytt til ropet fra mitt folk fra et fjernt land: "Er Herren ikke i Sion? Er hennes konge ikke i henne?" "Hvorfor har de provosert meg med sine utskårne bilder, med fremmede avguder?"
B1930: Se, mitt folks skrik lyder fra et land langt borte: Er Herren da ikke i Sion? Eller er dets konge ikke der? - Hvorfor har de vakt min harme med sine utskårne billeder, med fremmede lands falske guder?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 39:3
Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came to me from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”
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Isaiah 13:5
They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the LORD and the weapons of His wrath— to destroy the whole country.
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Revelation 2:1
“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.
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Jeremiah 14:19
Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.
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Isaiah 33:22
For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
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Psalms 149:2
Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
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Jeremiah 8:5–6
Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
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Jeremiah 4:16–17
Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.
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