Jeremías 8:21

21 Por la herida de mi pueblo estoy herido;estoy de luto, el terror se apoderó de mí.

Jeremías 8:21 Meaning and 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, which was made when the city was broken up and destroyed, ( Jeremiah 52:7 ) . I am broken;
in heart and spirit: I am black;
with grief and sorrow. The Targum is,

``my face is covered with blackness, black as a pot.''

Astonishment hath taken hold on me; at the miseries that were come upon his people; and there was no remedy for them, which occasion the following words.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (rbv le) "super contritione", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus; "super confractione", Schmidt; "ob fractionem", Cocceius.

Jeremías 8:21 In-Context

19 El clamor de mi pueblo se levantadesde todos los rincones del país:«¿Acaso no está el SEÑOR en Sión?¿No está allí su rey?»«¿Por qué me provocan con sus ídolos,con sus dioses inútiles y extraños?»

20 «Pasó la cosecha, se acabó el verano,y nosotros no hemos sido salvados».

21 Por la herida de mi pueblo estoy herido;estoy de luto, el terror se apoderó de mí.

22 ¿No queda bálsamo en Galaad?¿No queda allí médico alguno?¿Por qué no se ha restauradola salud de mi pueblo?