Yeremia 8:21

8:21 My heart is crushed because my dear people ¹  are being crushed. ² 

I go about crying and grieving. I am overwhelmed with dismay. ³ 

Yeremia 46:24

46:24 Poor dear Egypt ⁴  will be put to shame.

She will be handed over to the people from the north.”

[8:21]  ¹ tn Heb “daughter of my people.” For the translation given here see 4:11 and the note on the phrase “dear people” there.

[8:21]  ² tn Heb “Because of the crushing of the daughter of my people I am crushed.”

[8:21]  ³ tn Heb “I go about in black [i.e., mourning clothes]. Dismay has seized me.”

[46:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “Daughter Egypt.” See the translator’s note on v. 19.