Jeremiah 8:18
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 8
“When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.”Jeremiah 8:18
What Does Jeremiah 8:18 Mean?
Jeremiah 8:18 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 8, verse 18 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Lament, Suffering, and Compassion.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 8:18 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
John 14:1“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.”Psalms 13:2“How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?”Lamentations 1:22“Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.”Isaiah 22:4“Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.”Jeremiah 6:24“We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.”Lamentations 1:16“For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.”Lamentations 5:17“For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.”Job 7:13“When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;”Job 9:27“If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:”Isaiah 15:5“My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.”Jeremiah 9:10“For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.”Jeremiah 10:19“Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.”Jeremiah 20:18“Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?”Jeremiah 45:3“Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.”Ezekiel 21:7“And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.”Daniel 10:16“And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.”Habakkuk 3:16“When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.”2 Corinthians 7:5“For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.”Philippians 2:27“For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.”Jeremiah 14:17“Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.”
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