Jeremiah 8:19

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17 “For behold, I will send serpents among you,
Vipers which cannot be ^acharmed,
And they shall bite you,” says the Lord.

The Prophet Mourns for the People

18 I would comfort myself in sorrow;
My heart is faint in me.

19 Listen! The voice,
The cry of the daughter of my people
From ^aa far country:
“Is not the Lord in Zion?
Is not her King in her?”
“Why have they provoked Me to anger
With their carved images—
With foreign idols?”

20 “The harvest is past,
The summer is ended,
And we are not saved!”

21 ^aFor the hurt of the daughter of my people I am hurt.
I am ^bmourning;
Astonishment has taken hold of me.

22 Is there no ^abalm in Gilead,
Is there no physician there?
Why then is there no recovery
For the health of the daughter of my people?

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Barnes' Notes

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Jeremiah 8:19

Or, "Behold the voice of the cry for help of the daughter of my people from a distant land: Is not Yahweh in Zion? Is not her king there? Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with foreign vanities?" Their complaint, "Is there no Jehovah in Zion?" is met by God demanding of them the reason why instead of worshipping Him they have set up idols.

**Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Jeremiah 8:19:**

2 Kings 17:15
Isaiah 22:4
Acts 14:15

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