Jeremiah 8:19

¹⁷ For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

¹⁸ When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

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.

²¹ For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on 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 came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon.
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Isaiah 13:5
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
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Revelation 2:1
Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
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Jeremiah 14:19
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
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Isaiah 33:22
For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
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Psalms 149:2
Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
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Jeremiah 8:5–6
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
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Jeremiah 4:16–17
Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
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