Jeremiah 8:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint within me.

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  • Lam 1:16-17 : 16 For these things I weep; my eye, my eye runs down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed. 17 Zion spreads forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD has commanded concerning Jacob that his adversaries should be all around him: Jerusalem is like a menstruous woman among them.
  • Lam 5:17 : 17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
  • Isa 22:4 : 4 Therefore I said, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, do not labor to comfort me, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
  • Jer 6:24 : 24 We have heard the report, our hands grow weak; anguish has taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in labor.
  • Jer 10:19-22 : 19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it. 20 My tent is ruined, and all my cords are broken: my children have gone from me, and they are no more: there is no one to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. 21 For the pastors have become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. 22 Behold, the noise of the report is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
  • Job 7:13-14 : 13 When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint,' 14 then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me with visions:
  • Dan 10:16-17 : 16 And, behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips; then I opened my mouth, and spoke, and said to him who stood before me, O my lord, because of the vision, my sorrows overwhelm me, and I have retained no strength. 17 For how can the servant of this my lord speak with this my lord? For as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me, nor is there breath left in me.
  • Hab 3:16 : 16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice; decay entered my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble. When he comes up to the people, he will invade them with his troops.

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