“(Verse 21.) I am crushed with the contrition of the daughter of my people, and I am sorrowful: astonishment has taken hold of me. God replied that he would be seen afflicted in the affliction of Jerusalem, and would be crushed in human likeness by astonishment.”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Jeremiah
Original
21For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
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19Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
20The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
— Jeremiah 8:21 —
22Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?