Jeremiah

Jeremiah 8:18–21

¹⁸My sorrow is beyond healing;^b

my heart is faint within me.

¹⁹Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people

from a land far away:

“Is the LORD no longer in Zion?

Is her King no longer there?”

“Why have they provoked Me to anger

with their carved images,

with their worthless foreign idols?”

²⁰“The harvest has passed, the summer has ended,

but we have not been saved.”

²¹For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed.

I mourn; horror has gripped me.

Footnotes

b 8:18 Or O my Comforter in sorrow,

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Jeremiah 8:18

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
My sorrow	יָג֑וֹן	yā·ḡō·wn	Noun - masculine singular	H3015 grief, sorrow
is beyond	עֲלֵ֣י	‘ă·lê	Preposition	H5921 height
healing	מַבְלִ֥יגִיתִ֖י	maḇ·lî·ḡî·ṯî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H4010 smiling, cheerfulness, source of brightening
my heart	לִבִּ֥י	lib·bî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
faint	דַוָּֽי׃	ḏaw·wāy	Adjective - masculine singular	H1742 faint
within me	עָלַ֖י	‘ā·lay	Preposition; first person common singular	H5921 height

Jeremiah 8:19

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Listen	ק֞וֹל	qō·wl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H6963 sound, voice
to the cry	שַֽׁוְעַ֣ת	šaw·‘aṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H7775 cry for help
of the daughter	בַּת־	baṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1323 daughter
of my people	עַמִּ֗י	‘am·mî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5971 people
from a land far away	מַרְחַקִּ֔ים	mar·ḥaq·qîm	Noun - masculine plural	H4801 distant place, distance
Is the LORD	הַֽיהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
no	אֵ֣ין	’ên	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
longer in Zion	בְּצִיּ֔וֹן	bə·ṣî·yō·wn	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6726 Zion
Is her	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
King	מַלְכָּ֖הּ	mal·kāh	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H4428 king
no longer	אֵ֣ין	’ên	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
there	בָּ֑הּ	bāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular
Why	מַדּ֗וּעַ	mad·dū·a‘	Interrogative	H4069 wherefore?
have they provoked Me to anger	הִכְעִס֛וּנִי	hiḵ·‘i·sū·nî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular	H3707 be vexed, angry
with their carved images	בִּפְסִלֵיהֶ֖ם	bip̄·si·lê·hem	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H6456 id.
with their worthless foreign	נֵכָֽר׃	nê·ḵār	Noun - masculine singular	H5236 that which is foreign, foreignness
idols	בְּהַבְלֵ֥י	bə·haḇ·lê	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1892 vapour, breath

Jeremiah 8:20

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The harvest	קָצִ֖יר	qā·ṣîr	Noun - masculine singular	H7105 harvesting, harvest
has passed	עָבַ֥ר	‘ā·ḇar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
the summer	קָ֑יִץ	qā·yiṣ	Noun - masculine singular	H7019 summer, summer-fruit
has ended	כָּ֣לָה	kā·lāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
but we	וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ	wa·’ă·naḥ·nū	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common plural	H587 we
have not	ל֥וֹא	lō·w	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
been saved	נוֹשָֽׁעְנוּ׃	nō·wō·šā·‘ə·nū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common plural	H3467 deliver

Jeremiah 8:21

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the brokenness	שֶׁ֥בֶר	še·ḇer	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7667 breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash
of the daughter	בַּת־	baṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1323 daughter
of my people	עַמִּ֖י	‘am·mî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5971 people
I am crushed	הָשְׁבָּ֑רְתִּי	hā·šə·bā·rə·tî	Verb - Hofal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7665 break, break in pieces
I mourn	קָדַ֕רְתִּי	qā·ḏar·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H6937 be dark
horror	שַׁמָּ֖ה	šam·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H8047 waste, appalment
has gripped me	הֶחֱזִקָֽתְנִי׃	he·ḥĕ·zi·qā·ṯə·nî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular; first person common singular	H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen