Jeremiah 8:21

My heart is crushed because my dear people ¹  are being crushed. ²  I go about crying and grieving. I am overwhelmed with dismay. ³ 

Ne 2:3; Ps 137:3-6; So 1:5,6; Jer 4:19; Jer 9:1; Jer 14:17; Jer 17:16; Joe 2:6; Na 2:10; Lu 19:41; Ro 9:1-3

¹ tn Heb “daughter of my people.” For the translation given here see 4:11 and the note on the phrase “dear people” there.

² tn Heb “Because of the crushing of the daughter of my people I am crushed.”

³ tn Heb “I go about in black [i.e., mourning clothes]. Dismay has seized me.”