Jeremiah 8:21
I am hurt because of the hurt of the daughter of my people. I mourn at the horrible things that have happened to her; I am dismayed. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
In Context
20The harvest has passed on, summer is over. But we have not been saved. 1
Cross References
Nehemiah 2:3I said to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad? The city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire.”
Song of Solomon 1:5I am dark but lovely, 1 you daughters of Jerusalem— 1 dark like the tents of Kedar, 1 lovely like the curtains of Solomon. 1
Jeremiah 9:1If only my head could produce water, and my eyes be a fountain of tears! 1 For I wish to weep day and night for those among the daughter of my people who have been killed. 1
Jeremiah 17:16As for me, I did not run from being a shepherd following you. I did not long for the day of disaster. 1 You know the proclamations that came from my lips. They were made in your presence. 1
Joel 2:6At their presence people are in anguish 1 and all their faces become pale. 1
Luke 19:41When Jesus approached the city, he wept over it,
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 8:14-22
Destruction Threatened for Sin; Despair of Sinners in Trouble; The Prophet's Lamentation. ( b. c. 606.) 13 I will surely consume them, saith the Lord : there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. 14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have… Read the whole commentary →