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Read Full Chapter (Jeremiah 8) Jeremiah 8:18 KJV
"When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me."
Jeremiah Chapter 8, Verse 18
Jeremiah 8:18 in Context (Verses 15–21 KJV)
15
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
16
The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.*
17
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
18
¶ When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.*
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.