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.

18 You who are my Comforter[a] in sorrow,
    my heart is faint(A) within me.
19 Listen to the cry of my people
    from a land far away:(B)
“Is the Lord not in Zion?
    Is her King(C) no longer there?”

“Why have they aroused(D) my anger with their images,
    with their worthless(E) foreign idols?”(F)

20 “The harvest is past,
    the summer has ended,
    and we are not saved.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.