Jeremiah 8:21

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 8:13-22

In these verses we have, I. God threatening the destruction of a sinful people. He has borne long with them, but they are still more and more provoking, and therefore now their ruin is resolved on: I will surely consume them (Jer. 8:13), consuming I will consume them, not only surely, but utterly, consume them, will follow them with one judgment after another, till they are quite consumed; it is a consumption determined, Isa. 10:23. 1. They shall be quite stripped of all their comforts (Jer.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:21

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt ,.... These are the words, not of God, as Jerom; nor of Jerusalem, as the Targum; but of the prophet, as Kimchi observes, expressing his sympathy with the people in their affliction: and they may be rendered, "for the breach of the daughter of my people" F15 על שבר "super contritione", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus; "super confractione", Schmidt; "ob fractionem", Cocceius. , which was made when the city was broken up and destroyed, ... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:21

Verse 21 As the hardness of the people was so great, that the threatenings we have observed did not touch them, the Prophet now ascribes to himself what he had before attributed to them. We then see how the Prophet varies his mode of speaking; but it was necessary, for he was at a loss to find a way to address them sufficiently strong to penetrate into their stony and even iron hearts. We need not wonder, then, that there are so many figurative terms used by the Prophet; for it was needful to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:21

For the hurt , etc.; literally, because of the breaking , etc; I am broken ; comp. Jeremiah 23:9 , and the phrase "broken in heart" ( Isaiah 61:1 , etc.). The prophet feels crushed by the sense of the utter ruin of his people. I am black ; rather, I go in mourning (so Psalms 38:6 ; Psalms 42:9 ). The root means rather "foulness" or "squalor" than "blackness" (comp. Job 6:16 , where "blackish," an epithet of streams, should rather be "turbid"). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:21-22

Why the hurt of Israel is not healed. I. IT IS NOT FOR WANT OF EARNESTLY CALLING ATTENTION TO THE HURT . Jeremiah had wearied and vexed his fellow-countrymen by his persistent warnings. In Verse 21 he insists on how the hurt of Israel had become his hurt. In one sense he was not hurt, for he had kept clear of all idolatrous and unjust ways; he was in a different service and different kind of occupation. But though separated thus, he was also united even as a... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:21

For the hurt ... hurt - literally, “Because of the breaking ... broken.” These are the words of the prophet, whose heart is crushed by the cry of his countrymen.I am black - Or, I go mourning. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 8:21-22

Jeremiah 8:21-22. For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt, &c. These are the words of the prophet, lamenting the miserable condition of his country. The Hebrew is more literally rendered, For the breach of the daughter of my people am I broken, that is, heart-broken: or, as Houbigant renders it, I am wounded with the wound of my people. I am black I look ghastly, as those who are dying. Astonishment hath taken hold on me I am so stupified that I know not what to do,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:18-22

Mourning for Judah (8:18-9:22)The prophet is overcome with grief as he foresees the tragic end of the nation. The people wonder why God their King does not save them. God replies that it is because of their idolatry. They now realize that they can no longer expect his salvation (18-20). Nothing can heal Judah’s spiritual sickness now; the end has come. And nothing can heal the wounds of grief in Jeremiah’s heart as he sees his people suffer (21-22).Jeremiah is unable to express the extent of... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:21

"For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay hath taken hold on me. Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?"From these verses, and especially from the very next verse as it appears in the KJV (Jeremiah 9:1), "A tragic misrepresentation of Jeremiah is based."[23] Green defended this observation as follows:"Jeremiah has been termed "the weeping prophet." This is one of ironies of Biblical... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 8:21

Jeremiah 8:21. For the hurt, &c.— Jeremiah here deplores the misfortunes of Jerusalem, and continues to do so in the subsequent chapter. Houbigant renders this verse, I am wounded with the wound of the daughter of my people. I am thrown into grief; astonishment hath seized me; and so the French, J'en suis attriste. read more

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