18 I would have [a]comforted myself against sorrow, but mine heart is heavy in me.

19 Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people for fear of them of a far country, Is not the Lord in Zion? is not her king in her? Why [b]have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with the vanities of a strange god?

20 The [c]harvest is past, the Summer is ended, and we are not holpen.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:18 Read Jer. 4:19.
  2. Jeremiah 8:19 Thus the Lord speaketh.
  3. Jeremiah 8:20 The people wonder that they have so long time looked for succor in vain.

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