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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 8:21 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Jer 8:21	Strong Concordance	For the hurt [07667] of the daughter [01323] of my people [05971] am I hurt [07665]; I am black [06937]; astonishment [08047] hath taken hold [02388] on me.
	King James	For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
black--sad in visage with grief (Joe 2:6).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

black--sad in visage with grief (Joe 2:6).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
For the hurt ... hurt - literally, "Because of the breaking ... broken." These are the words of the prophet, whose heart is crushed by the cry of his countrymen. I am black - Or, I go mourning.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

For the hurt ... hurt - literally, "Because of the breaking ... broken." These are the words of the prophet, whose heart is crushed by the cry of his countrymen.

I am black - Or, I go mourning.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Am I hurt - The prophet here shews how deeply he is affected with the peoples misery. Black - I am as those that are clad in deep mourning.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Am I hurt - The prophet here shews how deeply he is affected with the peoples misery. Black - I am as those that are clad in deep mourning.

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