Jeremiah 8:21

In 11 translations

BSB

For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.

KJV

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

WEB

For the hurt of the daughter of my people, I am hurt. I mourn. Dismay has taken hold of me.

ASV

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

LSV

For a breach of the daughter of my people I have been broken, || I have been dark, || Astonishment has seized me.

YLT

For a breach of the daughter of my people have I been broken, I have been black, astonishment hath seized me.

DBY

— For the breach of the daughter of my people am I crushed; I go mourning; astonishment hath taken hold of me.

DRC

For the affliction of the daughter of my people I am afflicted, and made sorrowful, astonishment hath taken hold on me.

GNV

I am sore vexed for the hurt of ye daughter of my people: I am heauie, and astonishment hath taken me.

JPS

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I seized with anguish; I am black, appalment hath taken hold on me.

LXXE

For the breach of the daughter of my people I have been saddened: in my perplexity pangs have seized upon me as of a woman in travail.

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Original-language editions

WLC

עַל־שֶׁ֥בֶר בַּת־עַמִּ֖י הָשְׁבָּ֑רְתִּי קָדַ֕רְתִּי שַׁמָּ֖ה הֶחֱזִקָֽתְנִי׃

LXX-Br

Ἐπὶ συντρίμματι θυγατρὸς λαοῦ μου ἐσκοτώθην· ἐν ἀπορίᾳ κατίσχυσάν με ὠδῖνες ὡς τικτούσης.

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• Jeremiah 14:17You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
• Joel 2:6Nations writhe in horror before them; every face turns pale.
• Nahum 2:10She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!
• Psalms 137:3–6for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.” How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to…
• Song of Songs 1:5–6I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a…
• Jeremiah 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
• Luke 19:41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
• Jeremiah 9:1Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
• Romans 9:1–3I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit. I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ…
• Nehemiah 2:3and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
• Jeremiah 17:16But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.

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