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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Jeremiah 8:21

The prophet here shows how deeply he is affected with the people's misery, he deeply sympathized with them. The hurt; it signifies breach, I am broken in my spirit; and so it answers to the breach that is made upon the people. I am black; I am as those that are clad in deep mourning, Psalms 38:6 Jeremiah 14:2. Astonishment hath taken hold on me; I am amazed to think that my people should sin themselves beyond help, no remedy for them, as the next verse, that no threatenings or counsels should prevail with them.

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See also Jeremiah 8:21 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR THE HURT ... HURT - literally, “Because of the breaking ... broken.” These are the words of the prophet, whose heart is crushed by the cry of his countrymen. I AM BLACK - Or, I go mourning....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    FOR THE HURT OF THE DAUGHTER OF MY PEOPLE AM. HURT. A favorite symbol of. city in the prophets is. woman. The spiritual Babylon appears as. harlot; the New Jerusalem as the Bride of the Lamb; and Jeru...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    8:21 breach (a-4) Or 'crushing,' or 'destruction' as ch. 6.1. The word is the same in ver. 11 and ch. 6.14, and as the verb 'crushed' in this verse, and 'ruin,' Lamentations 2:11 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-3. The dead shall share in the universal punishment....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    BLACK] RM 'mourning.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עַל ־שֶׁ֥בֶר בַּת ־עַמִּ֖י הָשְׁבָּ֑רְתִּי קָדַ֕רְתִּי...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _I. Jeremias. (Menochius) --- The prophet continues to speak in the next chapter._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPENDING PUNISHMENT...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 8:21 hurt H7667 daughter H1323 people H5971 hurt H7665 (H8717) mourning H6937 (H8804) Astonishment H8047

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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) _of the_ false _prophets._ They shall spread them be...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 8:18 In this exchange between Judah and God, the people claim that God has deserted them, but God notes their ongoing worship of idols. They reply that they ARE NOT SAVED (an...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Chronology and History, as in chap. 7. Observe, however, that a new section in this extended prophetic address commenced with Jeremiah 8:4, which continues to chap. Jere...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Am I hurt — The prophet here shews how deeply he is affected with the peoples misery. Black — I am as those that are clad in deep mourning....

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