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Jeremiah 8

Jer. 8:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Whenl I would comfort
mabliygiyth (Hebrew #4010)
desistance (or rather desolation)
KJV usage: comfort self.
Pronounce: mab-leeg-eeth'
Origin: from 1082
myself against sorrow
yagown (Hebrew #3015)
affliction
KJV usage: grief, sorrow.
Pronounce: yaw-gohn'
Origin: from 3013
, my heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
is faint
davvay (Hebrew #1742)
sick; figuratively, troubled
KJV usage: faint.
Pronounce: dav-voy'
Origin: from 1739
πin me.
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Lam. 1:16‑17• 16For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
 17Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them. (Lam. 1:16‑17)
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upon.

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Cross References

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Jer. 6:24• 24We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail. (Jer. 6:24)
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Jer. 10:19‑22• 19Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
 20My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
 21For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the Lord: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
 22Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons. (Jer. 10:19‑22)
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Job 7:13‑14• 13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
 14Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: (Job 7:13‑14)
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Isa. 22:4• 4Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labor not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people. (Isa. 22:4)
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Lam. 1:16‑17• 16For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
 17Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them. (Lam. 1:16‑17)
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Dan. 10:16‑17• 16And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
 17For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me. (Dan. 10:16‑17)
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Hab. 3:16• 16When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops. (Hab. 3:16)
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Heb. upon.

J. N. Darby Translation

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