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 

Since my people are crushed, I am crushed; I mourn, and horror grips me.

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

I weep for the hurt of my people. I am stunned and silent, mute with grief.

For my dear broken people, I'm heartbroken. I weep, seized by grief.

For the destruction of the daughter of my people I am broken: I am dressed in the clothing of grief; fear has taken me in its grip.

For the hurt of my poor people I am hurt, I mourn, and dismay has taken hold of me.

For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am hurt. I am mourning; Astonishment has taken hold of me.

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 

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.”