Jeremiah 8:18-9:2
Christian Standard Bible
Lament over Judah
18 My joy has flown away;
grief has settled on me.
My heart is sick.(A)
19 Listen—the cry of my dear people
from a faraway land,
“Is the Lord no longer in Zion,(B)
her King not within her?”
Why have they angered me
with their carved images,
with their worthless foreign idols?(C)
20 Harvest has passed, summer has ended,
but we have not been saved.
21 I am broken by the brokenness
of my dear people.(D)
I mourn; horror has taken hold of me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead?(E)
Is there no physician there?
So why has the healing of my dear people
not come about?
9 If my head were a flowing spring,
my eyes a fountain of tears,
I would weep day and night(F)
over the slain of my dear[a] people.
2 If only I had a traveler’s lodging place
in the wilderness,(G)
I would abandon my people
and depart from them,
for they are all adulterers,(H)
a solemn assembly of treacherous people.(I)
Footnotes
- 9:1 Lit slain among the daughter of my
Jeremiah 8:18-9:2
International Standard Version
Jeremiah Mourns for His People
18 Incurable sorrow has overwhelmed me,
my heart is sick within me.
19 Listen! My people[a] cry
from a distant land:
“Is the Lord no longer in Zion?
Is her king no longer there?”
The Lord Speaks
“Why did they provoke me to anger with their images,
with their worthless foreign gods?”
The People Speak
20 The harvest is past,
the summer has ended,
and we haven’t been delivered.
The Prophet Mourns
21 Because my people[b] are crushed, I’m crushed.
I mourn, and dismay overwhelms me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
So why is there no healing for my people?[c]
The Lord’s Sorrow for His People
9 [d]“Oh, that my head were a spring of water,[e]
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
for then I would cry day and night for those
of my people[f] who have been killed.
2 Oh, that I had a lodging place for travelers in the desert,
so that I could leave my people
and go away from them.
For all of them are adulterers,
a band of traitors.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 8:19 Lit. the daughter of my people
- Jeremiah 8:21 Lit. the daughter of my people
- Jeremiah 8:22 Lit. daughter of my people
- Jeremiah 9:1 Because this verse is 8:23 in MT, there is a one verse discrepancy between MT and the ISV throughout this chapter.
- Jeremiah 9:1 Lit. were waters
- Jeremiah 9:1 Lit. for the daughter of my people
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