The Meaning of Jeremiah 8:18 Explained

Jeremiah 8:18

KJV: When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

YLT: My refreshing for me is sorrow, For me my heart is sick.

Darby: My comfort in my sadness! my heart is faint in me!

ASV: Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Jeremiah 8:18?

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WORDS: What do the individual words in Jeremiah 8:18 mean?

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What is the context of Jeremiah 8:18?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[When] I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart [is] faint in me.

What does Jeremiah 8:18 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The prospect of this catastrophic invasion overwhelmed Jeremiah with sorrow. It made him weak, and he could not get over his anguish.

Context Summary

Jeremiah 8:4-22 - False Promises Of Peace

This chapter is filled with denunciation of the unreasonable and infatuated obstinacy of Israel. As the horse rushes madly to the fight, so were the people set on evil. The very birds that were sensitive to the laws of migration, and obeyed the call of the sunnier clime, were more impressible than the Chosen People. God often calls us out of the stormy winter blasts to lands of sunny fellowship, but we will not heed. From Jeremiah 5:10 onward we have a description of the desolation about to visit the land. Notwithstanding the promises of false prophets, the invader overran the country and the exiled people might readily begin to question why such a fate had befallen them. To this there was but one answer. Their sin had cut them off from God's protecting care. Is not this the reason why harvests pass and summers end, and the years roll on, and still you are not saved? There is balm for your wounds, and a physician for your healing, but you do not avail yourselves of them; and God's love is powerless, however greatly He desires to help you, until you return. The father would do anything for the prodigal, but He has no chance so long as the prodigal remains in the far-land. [source]

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 8

¹ The calamity of the Jews, both dead and alive
⁴ He upbraids their foolish and shameless impenitency
¹³ He shows their grievous judgment;
¹⁸ and bewails their desperate estate

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 8:18 mean?

I [would] comfort myself in sorrow in me My heart [is] faint

מַבְלִ֥יגִיתִ֖י עֲלֵ֣י יָג֑וֹן עָלַ֖י לִבִּ֥י דַוָּֽי

מַבְלִ֥יגִיתִ֖י	I [would] comfort myself
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular Root: מַבְלִיגִית Sense: smiling, cheerfulness, source of cheerfulness or brightening.
יָג֑וֹן	sorrow
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: יָגֹון Sense: grief, sorrow, anguish.
עָלַ֖י	in me
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
לִבִּ֥י	My heart [is]
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular Root: לֵב Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
דַוָּֽי	faint
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: דַּוָּי Sense: faint (of heart).

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