Jeremiah 8:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I'm burdened with sorrow and feel like giving up.

Cross References

Lamentations 5:17

We feel sick all over and can't even see straight;

Jeremiah 6:24

Then the people said, “Just hearing about them makes us tremble with fear, and we twist and turn in pain like a woman giving birth.”

Isaiah 22:4

Then I said, “Leave me alone! Let me cry bitter tears. My people have been destroyed, so don't try to comfort me.”

Habakkuk 3:16

When I heard this message, I felt weak from fear, and my lips quivered. My bones seemed to melt, and I stumbled around. But I will patiently wait. Some day those vicious enemies will be struck by disaster.

Psalm 143:7

Please hurry, LORD, and answer my prayer. I feel hopeless. Don't turn away and leave me here to die.

Jeremiah 9:1

I wish that my eyes were fountains of tears, so I could cry day and night for my people who were killed.

Jeremiah 23:9

When I think of the prophets, I am shocked, and I tremble like someone drunk, because of the LORD and his sacred words.

Jeremiah 4:19

I can't stand the pain! My heart pounds, as I twist and turn in agony. I hear the signal trumpet and the battle cry of the enemy, and I cannot be silent.