Jeremiah 8:18 Cross References

Jeremiah 8:18

18: My grief is beyond healing; my heart is broken.

Leave me alone to weep; do not try to comfort me. Let me cry for my people as I watch them being destroyed.

"For all these things I weep; tears flow down my cheeks. No one is here to comfort me; any who might encourage me are far away. My children have no future, for the enemy has conquered us."
Jerusalem pleads for help, but no one comforts her. Regarding his people, the LORD has said, "Let their neighbors be their enemies! Let them be thrown away like a filthy rag!"

We have heard reports about the enemy, and we are weak with fright. Fear and pain have gripped us, like that of a woman about to give birth.

Then the one who looked like a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak. I said to the one standing in front of me, "I am terrified by the vision I have seen, my lord, and I am very weak.
How can someone like me, your servant, talk to you, my lord? My strength is gone, and I can hardly breathe."

If I think, `My bed will comfort me, and I will try to forget my misery with sleep,'
you shatter me with dreams. You terrify me with visions.

My wound is desperate, and my grief is great. My sickness is incurable, but I must bear it.
My home is gone, and no one is left to help me rebuild it. My children have been taken away, and I will never see them again.
The shepherds of my people have lost their senses. They no longer follow the LORD or ask what he wants of them. Therefore, they fail completely, and their flocks are scattered.
Listen! Hear the terrifying roar of great armies as they roll down from the north. The towns of Judah will be destroyed and will become a haunt for jackals.

I trembled inside when I heard all this; my lips quivered with fear. My legs gave way beneath me, and I shook in terror. I will wait quietly for the coming day when disaster will strike the people who invade us.

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