I: i.e. the prophet again.
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 ejac...
[When] I would (n) comfort myself against sorrow, my heart [is] faint in me. (n) Read ( Jeremiah 4:19 ).
Jeremiah 8:18 to Jeremiah 9:1 . Jeremiah's Sorrow over Judah's Suffering. The prophet, in sorrowful sympathy with his people, hears in anticipat...
Interpreters explain differently the word מבלגיתי, mebelgiti. Some take מ, mem, in the sense of ב, beth; but others, with whom I ag...
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
When I would comfort myself— Comfort, or mirth flies from me: sorrow hangs over me, my heart is faint. Houb.
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me - (...
1-3. The dead shall share in the universal punishment.
When I would comfort myself... — The word translated comfort is not found elsewhere, and has been very differently understood. Taking the words a...
Jeremiah 8:1-22 ; Jeremiah 9:1-26 ; Jeremiah 10:1-25 ; Jeremiah 26:1-24 In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is plai...
False Promises of Peace Jeremiah 8:4-22 This chapter is filled with denunciation of the unreasonable and infatuated obstinacy of Israel. As the...
Utter desolation would overtake them so that death would be chosen rather than life. This sin of idolatry had been aggravated by the people's terribl...
I bring the whole of this beautiful Chapter, from this verse to the end into one view, for the sake of shortness, and from necessity; but otherwise n...
When I would comfort myself against terror ,.... Either naturally, by eating and drinking, the necessary and lawful means of refreshment; or spiritu...
Jeremiah 8:18 [When] I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart [is] faint in me. Ver. 18. When I would comfort myself, &c. ] Or, as so...
When I would comfort myself , &c. “When I would apply comfort to myself, my heart misgives me: I find great reason for my fears, and none for my...
Destruction Threatened for Sin; Despair of Sinners in Trouble; The Prophet's Lamentation. B. C...
The language of the people, being long shut up in their cities, and finding no relief, at last faint, Lamentations 4:17 . But more probably the pr...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Chronology and History, as in chap. 7. Observe, however, that a new section in this extended prophetic address commenc...
Jeremiah 8:1-2 . At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of...
Jeremiah 8:1 . At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of t...
Jeremiah 8:1 . At that time they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah of the princes of the priests, and the bones (as in the Chaldaic)...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah 8:1-24 Punishment will even overtake the sinners who have long since been deceased. Jeremiah 8:1 They shall brin...
Further Description of the Impending Punishment
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me, literally, "O my exhilaration in sorrow! My heart very ill!" His sorrow was so g...
Daniel 10:16 ; Daniel 10:17 ; Habakkuk 3:16 ; Isaiah 22:4 ; Jeremiah 10:19-22 ; Jeremiah 6:24 ; Job 7:13 ; Job 7:14 ; Lamentations 1:16 ; L...
Sorrow — The prophet now seems to speak, how greatly the calamity of this people affected him.
18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.