Jeremiah 8:21
Strong's Lexicon
For
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although

the brokenness
שֶׁ֥בֶר (še·ḇer)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7667: 1) breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash, ruin, shattering 1a) breaking, fracture, shattering, crushing 1b) crashing 1c) breaking (of a dream), interpretation 1d) quarries

of the daughter
בַּת־ (baṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1323: n f 1) daughter 1a) daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin 1a1) as polite address n pr f 1a2) as designation of women of a particular place 2) young women, women 1a3) as personification 1a4) daughter-villages 1a5) description of character

of my people
עַמִּ֖י (‘am·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men 2) kinsman, kindred

I am crushed.
הָשְׁבָּ֑רְתִּי (hā·šə·bā·rə·tî)
Verb - Hofal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7665: 1) to break, break in pieces 1a) (Qal) 1a1) break, break in or down, rend violently, wreck, crush, quench 1a2) to break, rupture (fig) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be broken, be maimed, be crippled, be wrecked 1b2) to be broken, be crushed (fig) 1c) (Piel) to shatter, break 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to break out, bring to the birth 1e) (Hophal) to be broken, be shattered

I mourn;
קָדַ֕רְתִּי (qā·ḏar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6937: 1) to mourn, be dark 1a) (Qal) to be dark 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to darken 1b2) to cause to mourn 1c) (Hithpael) to grow dark

horror
שַׁמָּ֖ה (šam·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8047: 1) waste, horror, appalment 1a) a waste (of land, city, etc) 1b) appalment, horror

has gripped me.
הֶחֱזִקָֽתְנִי׃ (he·ḥĕ·zi·qā·ṯə·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2388: 1) to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be strong, grow strong 1a1a) to prevail, prevail upon 1a1b) to be firm, be caught fast, be secure 1a1c) to press, be urgent 1a1d) to grow stout, grow rigid, grow hard (bad sense) 1a1e) to be severe, be grievous 1a2) to strengthen 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make strong 1b2) to restore to strength, give strength 1b3) to strengthen, sustain, encourage 1b4) to make strong, make bold, encourage 1b5) to make firm 1b6) to make rigid, make hard 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make strong, strengthen 1c2) to make firm 1c3) to display strength 1c4) to make severe 1c5) to support 1c6) to repair 1c7) to prevail, prevail upon 1c8) to have or take or keep hold of, retain, hold up, sustain, support 1c9) to hold, contain 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to strengthen oneself 1d2) to put forth strength, use one's strength 1d3) to withstand 1d4) to hold strongly with

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.

Young's Literal Translation
For a breach of the daughter of my people have I been broken, I have been black, astonishment hath seized me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I am broken by  the brokenness of my  dear people.  I mourn; horror has taken hold of me.

New American Standard Bible
For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken; I mourn, dismay has taken hold of me.

King James Bible
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Since my people are crushed, I am crushed; I mourn, and horror grips me.

New Living Translation
I hurt with the hurt of my people. I mourn and am overcome with grief.

English Standard Version
For the wound of the daughter of my people is my heart wounded; I mourn, and dismay has taken hold on me.

New American Standard Bible
For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken; I mourn, dismay has taken hold of me.

King James Bible
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I am broken by the brokenness of my dear people. I mourn; horror has taken hold of me.

International Standard Version
Because my people are crushed, I'm crushed. I mourn, and dismay overwhelms me.

NET Bible
My heart is crushed because my dear people are being crushed. I go about crying and grieving. I am overwhelmed with dismay.

American Standard Version
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay hath taken hold on me.

English Revised Version
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

Young's Literal Translation
For a breach of the daughter of my people have I been broken, I have been black, astonishment hath seized me.
















Cross References
Jeremiah 4:19
My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

Jeremiah 8:20
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

Jeremiah 9:1
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Jeremiah 14:2
Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

Jeremiah 14:17
Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

Joel 2:6
Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.

Nahum 2:10
She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

Jeremiah 1:1
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

Jeremiah 8:19
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?

Jeremiah 8:18
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

Jeremiah 8:22
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
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