Jeremiah 8:21

New English Translation

²¹My heart is crushed because my dear people^[a] are being crushed.^[b]
I go about crying and grieving. I am overwhelmed with dismay.^[c]

Jeremiah 8:21 tn Heb “daughter of my people.” For the translation given here see 4:11 and the note on the phrase “dear people” there.
Jeremiah 8:21 tn Heb “Because of the crushing of the daughter of my people I am crushed.”
Jeremiah 8:21 tn Heb “I go about in black [i.e., mourning clothes]. Dismay has seized me.”

New English Translation (NET)