Jeremiah 8:21

“For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt, etc.] These are the words, not of God, as Jerom; nor of Jerusalem, as the Targum; but of the prophet, as Kimchi observes, expressing his sympathy with the people in their affliction: and they may be rendered, “for the breach of the daughter of my people”f182, which was made when the city was broken up and destroyed, (<245207>Jeremiah 52:7). I am broken; in heart and spirit: I am black; with grief and sorrow. The Targum is, “my face is covered with blackness, black as a pot.” Astonishment hath taken hold on me; at the miseries that were come upon his people; and there was no remedy for them, which occasion the following words.”

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

“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. return to 'Top of Page'”

“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. Next: Jeremiah Chapter 9”

“8:21-22 Jeremiah empathized with the suffering of his people. The closeness between the Lord and his prophet means that sometimes the first-person pronouns refer to the Lord as well—the Lord also hurts with the hurt of his people (cp. Matt 23:37).”

“the hurt: Jer 4:19, Jer 9:1, Jer 14:17, Jer 17:16; Neh 2:3; Psa 137:3-6; Luk 19:41; Rom 9:1-3 I am: Sol 1:5, Sol 1:6; Joe 2:6; Nah 2:10 Jeremiah 8:22”