KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Jeremiah 8:21 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “For” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | For |
| “the hurt” | שֶׁ֥בֶר | A fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream) | hurt |
| “of the daughter” | בַּת | A daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) | daughter |
| “of my people” | עַמִּ֖י | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
| “am I hurt;” | הָשְׁבָּ֑רְתִּי | To burst (literally or figuratively) | am hurt |
| “I am black;” | קָדַ֕רְתִּי | To be ashy, i.e., dark-colored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments) | am black |
| “astonishment” | שַׁמָּ֖ה | Ruin; by implication, consternation | astonishment |
| “hath taken hold” | הֶחֱזִקָֽתְנִי׃ | To fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer | taken hold |
| “on me.” | הֶחֱזִקָֽתְנִי׃ | To fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer | on me |
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19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the Lord in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
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