Jer 8:21 | NET2full | STEP | My heart is crushed because my dear people are being crushed . I go about crying and grieving . I am overwhelmed with dismay .

‏ Jeremiah 8:21

21 My heart is crushed because my dear people ^{▼▼tn Heb “daughter of my people.” For the translation given here see 4:11 and the note on the phrase “dear people” there.} are being crushed. ^{▼▼tn Heb “Because of the crushing of the daughter of my people I am crushed.”}
I go about crying and grieving. I am overwhelmed with dismay. ^{▼▼tn Heb “I go about in black [i.e., mourning clothes]. Dismay has seized me.”}