Jeremiah
Jeremiah 8:20–22
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.
22Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is no physician there?
Why then has the health of the daughter of my people
not been restored?
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
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 |
Jeremiah 8:22
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Is there no | אֵ֣ין | ’ên | Adverb | H369 nothing, nought |
| balm | הַצֳרִי֙ | ha·ṣo·rî | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H6875 balsam |
| in Gilead | בְּגִלְעָ֔ד | bə·ḡil·‘āḏ | Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H1568 Gilad |
| Is no | אֵ֣ין | ’ên | Adverb | H369 nothing, nought |
| physician | רֹפֵ֖א | rō·p̄ê | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H7495 heal |
| there | שָׁ֑ם | šām | Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
| Why | מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ | mad·dū·a‘ | Interrogative | H4069 wherefore? |
| then | כִּ֗י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| has the health | אֲרֻכַ֖ת | ’ă·ru·ḵaṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H724 healing |
| of the daughter | בַּת־ | baṯ- | Noun - feminine singular construct | H1323 daughter |
| of my people | עַמִּֽי׃ | ‘am·mî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H5971 people |
| not | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| been restored | עָֽלְתָ֔ה | ‘ā·lə·ṯāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 8:20 Luke 13:25 · Matthew 25:1–12 · Proverbs 10:5 · Luke 19:44
Jeremiah 8:21 Jeremiah 14:17 · Nahum 2:10 · Joel 2:6 · Psalm 137:3–6 · Song of Solomon 1:5–6
Jeremiah 8:22 Jeremiah 46:11 · Genesis 37:25 · Jeremiah 51:8 · Jeremiah 30:12–17 · Luke 8:43 · Luke 5:31–32 · Genesis 43:11
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.