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 

biblegateway Jer 8:21

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

I am broken by the brokenness of my dear people. I mourn; horror has taken hold of me.

I am crushed because my dear people have been crushed. I mourn; terror grips me.

biblegateway Jer 8:21

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

For the wound of the daughter of my people is my heart wounded; I mourn, and dismay has taken hold on me.

bibleoremus Jer 8:21

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

I am wounded by my people's wound; I go about in mourning, overcome with horror.

biblegateway Jer 8:21

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

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

biblegateway Jer 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 

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.”