Jeremiah 8:18-9:2
Legacy Standard Bible
Sorrow over Zion
18 [a]My (A)sorrow is beyond healing;
My (B)heart is faint within me!
19 Behold, the sound! The cry of the daughter of my people from a (C)distant land:
“Is Yahweh not in Zion? Is her King not within her?”
“Why have they (D)provoked Me to anger with their graven images, with foreign [b](E)idols?”
20 “Harvest is past, summer is ended,
And we are not saved.”
21 For the (F)brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken;
I (G)mourn, desolation has taken hold of me.
22 Is there no (H)balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
(I)Why then has not the [c]health of the daughter of my people gone up?
9 [d](J)Oh that my head were waters
And my eyes a fountain of tears,
That I might weep day and night
For the slain of the (K)daughter of my people!
2 [e](L)Oh that I had in the desert
A travelers’ lodging place,
That I might leave my people
And go from them!
For all of them are (M)adulterers,
A solemn assembly of (N)treacherous men.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 8:18 As in Gr and versions
- Jeremiah 8:19 Lit vanities
- Jeremiah 8:22 Or healing
- Jeremiah 9:1 Ch 8:23 in Heb
- Jeremiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Heb
Jeremiah 8:18-9:2
English Standard Version
Jeremiah Grieves for His People
18 My joy is gone; grief is upon me;[a]
(A)my heart is sick within me.
19 Behold, the cry of the daughter of my people
from (B)the length and breadth of the land:
“Is the Lord not in Zion?
(C)Is her King not in her?”
(D)“Why have they provoked me to anger with their carved images
and with their foreign idols?”
20 “The harvest is past, the summer is ended,
and we are not saved.”
21 For the wound of (E)the daughter of my people is my heart wounded;
(F)I mourn, and dismay has taken hold on me.
22 Is there no (G)balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then has the health of the daughter of my people
not been restored?
9 [b] (H)Oh that my head were waters,
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night
for the slain of (I)the daughter of my people!
2 [c] Oh that I had in the desert
a travelers' lodging place,
that I might leave my people
and go away from them!
For they are all (J)adulterers,
a company of (K)treacherous men.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 8:18 Compare Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- Jeremiah 9:1 Ch 8:23 in Hebrew
- Jeremiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Hebrew
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