Rather, “O my comfort in sorrow: my heart faints for me.” The word translated “comfort” is by some supposed to be corrupt. With these mournful ejaculations a new strophe begins, ending with Jeremiah 9:1, in which the prophet mourns over the miserable fate of his countrymen, among whom he had been earnestly laboring, but all in vain.
Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 8:18
Jeremiah 8:18
18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.